Edited sentence: It should be noted that many educational authorities and parents are calling for a repeal of anti-spanking laws and regulations, citing the drastic increase in violence among youth in school classrooms as well as in the home and general society.While this disturbs many individuals and groups who seek to end any use of corporal punishment, there is a growing chorus of both professionals and lay people who decry the anti-corporal punishment measures as a direct contribution to the increase in youth crime and the general disrespect that young people seem to tender to adults and authority