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By Murray A. Straus, with Denise A. Donnelly. 297 pp. New York, Macmillan, 1994. $24.95. ISBN 0-02-931730-4.

My son, five years old at the time, and I had just finished dinner with a friend and her young son. As we headed to our cars, my friend's son darted across a crowded parking lot. His mother chased him, grabbed him, and spanked him several times on the buttocks. I watched my son's expression as he observed the scene. He glanced away, stricken and fearful, tears welling up in his eyes. He had never been hit or seen a child hit. I was at a loss to explain, much less justify, the violence he had just witnessed.

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