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Police issue 6th review of police activity since enactment of the 2007 law. |
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The New Zealand police released their 6th review of the implementation Crimes (substituted section 59) Amendment Act 2007 on Friday 5th March 2010. It covered the 6th month period 24 June 2009 to December 22nd 2009. http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/22547.html. The Deputy Police Commissioner, Rob Pope, says "The findings of this review are consistent with our previous monitoring". |
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The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children has launched a new website for children. This comprehensive site contains information about children campaigning to end corporal punishment in many countries. It also contains useful resources to help children and adults campaign together against corporal punishment. Visit this website at: http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/children |
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Report on Sweden’s corporal punishment ban after 30 years |
In September 2009 the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and Sweden’s Save the Children published Never Violence – Thirty Years on from Sweden’s Abolition of Corporal Punishment, 2009. The report briefly outlines the background of the ban, reports on trends since the 1979 law change and corrects claims made by opponents. Trends reflect the decline in support for physical punishment in Sweden. In the 1960s, over 50% of children had been ‘smacked’ once or several times per year :
- by 2000, only around 10% were smacked
- about 9% of parents still believe in using cp
- there has been a sharp decline in punishment by punching and using implements
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