Police Report out on "anti-smacking" law

The long awaited police review of the "anti-smacking" law is out.

There has been a slight increase in smacking cases.

Here is their graph.

Table 1
Events	Volume before Amendment	Volume after Amendment	Increase in volume of events
"Smacking"	3	3	0
"Minor acts of physical discipline"	10	12	2
Other child assault	82	96	14
Total	95	111	16

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Please read the report here http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/2007/section-59-activity-review/

Comment to come later.