IRWIN A. HYMAN, Ed.D., is a professor of school psychology and the director of the National Center for the Study of Corporal Punishment and Alternatives, Temple University. A distinguished researcher and passionate academic, clinical, and legal advocate for an And to the institutional mistreatment of children, he is the author of numerous books and articles including The Case Against Spanking. PAMELA A. SNOOK R.N., M.S.N., coauthor of the My Worst School Experience Scales, is a psychiatric nurse and clinical specialist who has worked with a wide variety of victimized children. She is a doctoral student in school psychology at Temple University.