Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment in the United States

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Table of Contents2

Abstract5

Introduction6

Discussion7

Corporal Punishment Brief History in U.S. Public Schools8

Parental Corporal Punishment10

Incidents that Results in the Banning of Corporal Punishment in United States12

Corporal Punishment Prohibition14

Penalties of Corporal Punishment15

The Mechanics of Corporal Punishment15

The Paddles and the Position of the Child16

A Degrading and Violent Setting19

Discrimination in Corporal Punishment21

Deficiency of Recourse22

Corporal Punishment Leads to Violence23

Corporal Punishment Convey the Wrong Message24

Cultural Perspectives on the Use of Corporal Punishment26

Legality and Reform Regarding Corporal Punishment26

Physically Punishment Improve Children Behavior30

Advantages of Corporal Punishment32

Prevent Children from Bad Behavior32

Teaches Discipline32

No Suspensions33

Deterrence from Bad Behavior33

Quick Solution33

Disadvantages of Corporal Punishment33

Fallacy34

Mental34

Physical34

Ineffectiveness35

Others35

Corporal Punishment Direct and Indirect Effects36

Religious and Cultural Attitudes Effects on Corporal Punishment41

Corporal Punishment and the Social Work Profession42

Corporal Punishment for Serious Infractions43

Corporal Punishment Considerations44

Punishes only the Culpable44

Extent of Corporal Punishment44

Liberty Interest of Parents and Child-Rearing45

Requirements for the Corporal Punishment Just Infliction45

Occasional Pain without Grievance46

Nondiscrimination46

Due Process47

Safeguards48

Strategies to Lessen the Corporal Punishment Use in U.S. Schools49

Conclusion53

References55

Appendix A:States That Have Banned Corporal Punishment59

Abstract

Corporal punishment has been prohibited in twenty-nine US States, over a million corporal punishment cases is reported yearly in the US schools, with states situated in the southwestern and southeastern US reporting for large number of corporal punishment instances. This paper provides an outline of corporal punishment in US Schools and incorporates a discussion of the religious, legal and cultural attitudes on the corporal punishment use as an indication of disciplining students. It suggests many strategies intended to decrease the corporal punishment frequency in general, also provide recommendations purposely subject those communities, in which strongly held cultural and religious beliefs strengthen the constant corporal punishment use, and to take steps to prohibit corporal punishment in states where it is still legal.

Corporal Punishment in the United States

Introduction

Corporal punishment can be defined as physical suffering to a child body because of his disapproved behavior or as punishment. Similarly, corporal punishment can also be referred to the use of force while bringing up children or to educate them, with the aim of teaching them a lesson for bad deeds by causing them physical pain in order to bring them to the right path, which is basically to change their behavior or to control them that is not considered as a punishment, but as a lesson to bring them to the right path; however, this act is not liable to be punished. Corporal punishment is not unintentional but refers to an intentional act, including a number of methods like electric shock, excessive exercise drills, painful body postures, shoving, and use of several objects, paddling, shaking, punching, spanking and hitting (Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2003). Several educational institutions offer various measures to oversee corporal punishment, such as switches, leather bands, and paddles. Corporal punishment causes several injuries such as broken veins, blood clots, hematomas, skin discolorations, severe bruising, blood blisters and welts. Recently, every developed country across the globe forbids corporal punishment, apart from United States and Australia's outback regions. Regardless, of the fact that such practice is prohibited in approximately 29 ...