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Definition: corporal punishment from The Macquarie Dictionary
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physical injury, especially by flogging, inflicted on the body of one found guilty of a crime or misdeed.


corporal punishment

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
physical chastisement of an offender. At one extreme it includes the death penalty (see capital punishment ), but the term usually refers to punishments like flogging, caning, mutilation, and branding. Until c.1800, in many parts of the world, most crimes were punished thus, or by such practices as confinement in the pillory or stocks, which combined physical chastisement with the humiliation of an individual possible in a relatively small, cohesive society. Flogging was especially prevalent, being used also to keep order among the institutionalized insane and in schools and the armed forces. In America, a movement against the use of corporal punishment was led in the late 17th cent. by Quakers who achieved local reforms in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The 18th cent. saw a general reaction against violent punishment, and with the emergence of the modern concept of rehabilitating an offender, confinement has been accompanied more by forms of moral, rather than physical, coercion. …
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Full text Article Corporal Punishment

From World of Criminal Justice, Gale
Corporal punishment is physical punishment meted out by the government for the commission of a wrongful or illegal act. Though the criminal law has dispensed with corporal punishment, it is still used by some school systems as a way to discipline school children. Not surprisingly, the courts have…
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From The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Corporal punishment is the purposeful infliction of physical pain upon a person. Three forms of corporal punishment are addressed in this entry: judicial corporal punishment, educational corporal punishment, and domestic corporal punishment. Judicial corporal punishment is a sanction given by the…
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Full text Article Corporal Punishment

From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
Conceptions of corporal punishment have evolved since the mid-20th century, reflecting a large body of research findings that have been revealed within the context of global shifts in conceptions of childhood. Today, the United Nations defines corporal punishment as any use of physical force, no…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Infliction of physical pain upon a person’s body as punishment for a crime or infraction. Such penalties include beating, branding, mutilation, blinding, and the use of the stock and pillory. The term also denotes the physical disciplining of children in the schools and at home. From ancient times…
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Full text Article corporal punishment

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
physical chastisement of an offender. At one extreme it includes the death penalty (see capital punishment ), but the term usually refers to punishments like flogging, caning, mutilation, and branding. Until c.1800, in many parts of the world, most crimes were punished thus, or by such practices as…
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Educational systems long have been dealing with debates surrounding the appropriate types of discipline that can or should be used by teachers and administrators in public schools. Among the most controversial has been the use of corporal punishment, which refers to the intentional application of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Physical punishment of wrongdoers – for example, by whipping. It is still used as a punishment for criminals in many countries, especially under Islamic law. Corporal punishment of children by parents is illegal in some countries, including Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway. Sweden was the first…
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Full text Article CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

From Dictionary of Youth Justice
Corporal punishment is not defined in any of the UK statutes providing for the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or ‘justifiable assault’ (Scotland) to be raised in relation to any charge of assault of a child. Instead, the courts will examine ‘punishment to…
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From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
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Corporal punishment (CP) is defined as ‘any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light’ (UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2019). Recent decades have witnessed a change in the prevailing attitude toward CP, from an…
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