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Would More State Control Over Homeschooling Reduce Child Abuse, Neglect, and Murder?
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Various news and opinion media outlets occasionally claim that more
government control (regulation) over private homeschooling would reduce the amount of child abuse, neglect, and murder (or fatalities) that occurs in the United States (e.g., Davies, 2024). There are also scholars who claim that the civil government should do more to control homeschooling and that this would reduce the occurrence of abuse and neglect in the nation (e.g., Bartholet, 2020).
Is there, however, any empirical evidence that there is a problem to solve with respect to the
homeschooling community and are the promotions of more state control over private home education supported by any empirical bases?
Considerations
Certain elements must be considered before one answers whether more civil government controls over private activities would reduce the rate of some alleged wrong behavior. First, is trying to stop that behavior before it is executed the role of the civil government? . . . . . [full article continues here] And please see comments below.
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