LIST OF TABLES AND BOXES

Table 1 Pedagogical journals published in the province of Quebec, 1857–1969

Table 2 Quebec magazines for parents, 1873–1969

Table 3 Distribution by decade of articles dealing with corporal punishment in Quebec family magazines, 1873–1969

Table 4 Distribution of articles dealing with corporal punishment in Quebec family magazines, 1873–1969

Table 5 Authorship of articles and replies to letters on the subject of corporal punishment in Quebec family magazines, 1873–1969

Table 6 Distribution of the files of the Juvenile Delinquents’ Court (JDC) and the Social Welfare Court (SWC), by sex and generation, 1912–1965

Table 7 Distribution of children as delinquents and victims in the files of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 8 Distribution of grievances outlined in the accusations and complaints dealt with by the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 9 Children of immigrant parents by country of origin and period, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 10 Occupations of parents, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 11 Distribution by sex of the most frequent accusations on the report and complaint forms, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 12 Types of Violence Described in the Records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 13 Distribution of beaten children, by age and sex, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 14 Family members who beat the children, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 15 Distribution by sex of the causes of parental displeasure according to the reports of probation officers, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 16 Distribution of types of violence by the sex of the parent and by period, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 17 Age distribution of abused children, from Quebec newspaper reports, 1870–1919

Table 18 Harm inflicted on abused children, from Quebec newspaper reports, 1870–1919

Table 19 Aggressors of abused children, from Quebec newspaper reports, 1870–1919

Table 20 Letters dealing with violence toward children in the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 21 Authorship of letters to the advice columns dealing with violence against children, 1925–1969

Table 22 Persons committing acts of violence, according to the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 23 Distribution of children subjected to violence, by age and sex, from the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 24 Types of violence described in letters to the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 25 Reasons for beatings according to parents, from the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 26 Reasons for beatings according to the children, from the advice columns, 1925–1969

Table 27 Instances of nervosity and violence, from the records of the JDC and the SWC, 1912–1965

Table 28 Distribution of corporal punishment in the three comic strips, 1945–1969

Table 29 Identity of the persons who beat children in the comic strips, 1945–1969

Table 30 Types of corporal punishment inflicted on children in the comic strips, 1945–1969

Box 1 “How Children Are Taught to Obey”

Box 2 Indications of Character

Box 3 Aurore Gagnon’s Family

Box 4 Chronology of the Gagnon Case

Box 5 “Letter from Baby to Papa and Mama”

Box 6 Rights of the Child in the Province of Quebec, as Proposed by the Institut familial, 1942

Box 7 “How to Obtain Instant Obedience,” 1945

Box 8 “The Spanking,” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau