On the basis of studies on corporal punishment by parents, I suspect that this is probably quite effective for controlling chidren’s behavior while you have them under your authority, but also that it’s likely to make them more likely to resort to violence in their own lives.
So the studies find that corporal punishment has immediate benefits, but insert a disclaimer that there are bad effects in ways that are less obvious (and therefore easier to fudge). This is just what one would expect if the scientists doing the study aren’t willing to outright lie but don’t want to seem pro-corporal punishment.
No, the studies I’m aware of did not research what immediate benefits might be available, they were just researching whether children who received corporal punishment were more likely to express violence, and found that this was the case. That corporal punishment might be effective in the short term is my own presumption based on the fact that it shows effectiveness in controlling crime when used as a legal punishment against adults.
So the studies find that corporal punishment has immediate benefits, but insert a disclaimer that there are bad effects in ways that are less obvious (and therefore easier to fudge). This is just what one would expect if the scientists doing the study aren’t willing to outright lie but don’t want to seem pro-corporal punishment.
No, the studies I’m aware of did not research what immediate benefits might be available, they were just researching whether children who received corporal punishment were more likely to express violence, and found that this was the case. That corporal punishment might be effective in the short term is my own presumption based on the fact that it shows effectiveness in controlling crime when used as a legal punishment against adults.