Violence prevention through legislative change: Qualitative insights on ending the physical punishment of children in the UK

Katie Hollingworth, Kirrily Pells, Sharon Eager, Ruby Jarvis, Eleanor Mindel, Rebecca Lacey, Yvonne Kelly, Maria Sifaki, Anja Heilmann

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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119548
Published: 2026-09
Container: Social Science & Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119548,
  title = {Violence prevention through legislative change: Qualitative insights on ending the physical punishment of children in the UK},
  author = {Katie Hollingworth and Kirrily Pells and Sharon Eager and Ruby Jarvis and Eleanor Mindel and Rebecca Lacey and Yvonne Kelly and Maria Sifaki and Anja Heilmann},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Social Science \&amp; Medicine},
  doi = {10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119548},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119548}
}

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TI  - Violence prevention through legislative change: Qualitative insights on ending the physical punishment of children in the UK
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AU  - Kirrily Pells
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AU  - Yvonne Kelly
AU  - Maria Sifaki
AU  - Anja Heilmann
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Hollingworth, K., Pells, K., Eager, S., Jarvis, R., Mindel, E., Lacey, R., Kelly, Y., Sifaki, M., & Heilmann, A. (2026). Violence prevention through legislative change: Qualitative insights on ending the physical punishment of children in the UK. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119548

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