Corporal Punishment in Schools
This statement was developed by Stephen P. Herman, M.D., for the Committee for Rights and Legal Matters1 of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and it was approved by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in June 1988. It was approved by the APA Assembly of District Branches in November 1988 and by the APA Board of Trustees in March 1989.