Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center. His current research focuses on the effects of schools, neighborhood, and parenting on outcomes for children, such as aggression, anxiety, depression, academic outcomes, and substance use. Much of his current research agenda focuses on corporal punishment, and he has published several pieces using longitudinal or cross-national data, and advanced statistical methods indicating that parental use of corporal punishment is associated with increases in children’s antisocial behavior, anxiety and depression.