As the severity of corporal punishment in the delinquent's developmental history increases, so does the probability that he will engage in a violent act. Welsh's data also shows that the principal factor accounting for the over-representation of blacks in our prisons is the greater amount and severity of the physical punishment they endure as children. Black parents who do not use belts, boards, extension cords or fists, however, have children no more prone to criminal violence than the children of whites who do not use belts, etc. Driving Under the Influence Car crashes caused by drunk driving are increased by a hidden factor. Bottled up anger, when combined with alcohol is the largest cause of the highway death toll which comes to 25,000 deaths every year, or one every 20 minutes.
Hostility tends to multiply with their attitude toward the educational system . . .
Those who had rejected the school system . . . are likely to reject the highway system. In fact he concluded that abiding anger was even more dangerous than drinking per se, but that the combination was the most deadly. The insult to high school boys of an embarrassing paddling raises the adrenaline level, which if repeated often enough stays high all the time. They are the timebombs whose battlefield casualties litter the roads and intersections of our country. The effect begins early.