National Centre for Social research

When does discipline become assault? Community attitudes towards the legal defence of domestic discipline

Background Many jurisdictions internationally continue to permit parents to use physical force against children under defences variously termed ‘reasonable force’, ‘lawful correction’, or ‘domestic discipline’. In Queensland, Australia, this is codified under section 280 of the C...

Is cohabitation in vertically segregated apartment buildings in Athens harmonious or conflictual?

This article examines cohabitation in socially and ethnically mixed apartment buildings in the center of Athens that were built with the “land for flat” system, where vertical social segregation is particularly pronounced. Unlike horizontal segregation, vertical segregation leads...