This Resource Handbook is the result of collaborative efforts by members of the International Save the Children Alliance in Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific to research the physical and emotional punishment of children, using verifiable processes and methods, so that data can be used by project and programme staff to develop campaigns and actions based on reliable information. It also provides guidance and tools for scientific and ethical research on this topic, and describes a twelve-step process for planning, data collection, analysis and writing reports, supported by a Tool Kit, which provides essential background information.