Corporal Punishment Beat the students! Beat the students! Beat the students! The way most school systems want to discipline their students in the school system, is to beat them. This is the concept most schools look at corporal punishment. Corporal punishment has been used in school for centuries. Many schools have limited the use of corporal punishment but most schools continue to use corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is defined as “physical pain inflicted on the body of a child as a penalty…
Corporal punishment that is administered by an educator is not a form of abuse; however, if someone other than an educator inflicted the same bruises or injuries it would obviously be abuse. Regardless of where the child is, they never deserve to be punished in such a way, because even the smallest amount of corporal punishment may lead to ever-lasting negative effects on the child. It should not matter who inflicted the bruises or injuries, because if it could clearly qualify as abuse then it…
most. In 2008 nine point two percent from the entire student received corporal punishment in Mississippi by itself. Disable children make up nine percent of all students. (According to data received from the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education2008). African-American students comprise seventeen percent of all public school students. But, there are thirty six percent of those who have corporal punishment inflicted on them, more than twice the rate of white students. (According…
It also showed that mothers with lower education, mothers living in the south and mothers who are African American reported increased levels of corporal punishment; and that mothers reporting higher levels of religiosity also spanked more (Day 80). Consistent use of corporal punishment has been an indicator of less effective parenting and is commonly linked to socialization out comes such as delinquency, low self-esteem, and social incompetence (Day 81). The child’s temperament and personality…
In the past, the media has been known to be very anti-corporal punishment. Due to their opinion that it has a negative effect on children, they mainly publish only anti-corporal punishment articles. When an anti-corporal punishment book is newly published, such as Beating the Devil Out of Them, by Murray A. Straus, or The Case against Spanking, by Irwin A. Hyman, the media hypes up the new books, encouraging parents to go out and buy them. In 1997, Straus was interviewed on ABC-TV about his opinions…
that corporal punishment has been around for thousands of years. I partly agree that corporal punishment helps straighten out children’s bad behavior fast. When people are hit or feel some other sort of pain, they immediately stop the behavior because they don’t like the feeling of pain. It has immediate results. Let me give an example from Korea when physical punishment is used and has immediate results. When a young student starts smoking, teachers in Korea choose to give physical punishment to correct…
This is true, so why should we spank our children when they are going to receive worse punishment for things they do when they are older? It seems that we are teaching kids that if they do wrong, they’ll get nothing but a little swat and that’s all. There has to be another way to teach kids that their behavior was not appropriate. How about sending kids to their rooms? That simulates going to jail. What does spanking simulate? When these children grow up and commit more serious crimes, they will…
When a man is unpleased with something his spouse says or does and he hits her, our society labels it as abuse. If a mother hits her child our society labels it as spanking. Whichever terminology is used to help define corporal punishment, it all means the same. The very idea of physical discipline is based on an adult using his or her larger physique and power to intimidate and force someone much smaller and weaker into a state of compliance (Rathis, 2007). In the western culture, they publically…
1 Introduction Corporal punishment is the unlawful intentional act of causing harm by physically inflicting punishment on the body of an offender or severely criticising the offender. There is a distinction in common-law between corporal punishment in the public sphere and in the private sphere. Corporal punishment on children in the private sphere is administered by parents. It is legally accepted in South Africa, provided that the requirements are met. The public sphere’s position is much different…
the fact that it is a form of child abuse. At the moment, countries are divided as to legalize corporal punishment or create a law saying it is illegal. In the book written by Abela (2007) for the Council of Europe, she notes that “spanking of children less than two years old increases the risk of severe physical injury and the child is unlikely to understand the connection between behavior and punishment.” Most parents tend to go overboard when disciplining their children, especially when they are…
some form of over-discipline through the use of corporal punishment" (qtd. in Wegner 719). For example, conventional level of spanking may work for a while. But with parents' frequent use of spanking whenever the child misbehaves, parents may use harsher means to discipline their children "which can exceed the 'reasonable force' threshold and become abuse" (Robinson). This problem has now become more pressing and serious that the more corporal punishment someone experienced as an adolescent, the greater…
Corporal punishment is a discipline method in which an administering adult inflicts pain upon a student (usually using a paddle) in response to a student's offensive behavior. Nowadays regulations have been created as to how many “swats” can be inflicted, by whom, and with what instrument. It is still used in many U.S. schools as a disciplinary method against disobedient or defiant students. Although corporal punishment is no longer tolerated in the military, prisons, or mental institutions, 21 states…
Punishment, the word has brought fear to men and children alike, leaning towards adult offenders it tends to take on deeper connotations. As a child you would be punished by your parents, school leaders and other parental figures, and mostly under not so serious circumstances, usually requiring very little corporal punishment and/or separation from entertainment devices. As we get older the offenses tend to be greater and therefore demand greater punishment, despite having histories involving death…
con’s when considering corporal punishment as a disciplinary method for children. Much controversy has gone on with regard to this subject and studies indicate that the negatives outweigh the positives when considering corporal punishment for children. Evidence is prevalent of why corporal punishment should be banned but the reality of it is that it will be quite difficult to stop physical punishment. Many would think that defining corporal punishment when it relates to punishment of children is straightforward…
use of corporal punishment in the classroom because they feel that the method of punishment is appropriate, effective, and legal. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of corporal punishment in school does not go against the eighth amendment in the constitution, which protects against cruel and unusual punishment (Evans and Richardson 34). However, other states and organizations have recognized the harmful effects of corporal punishment and have banned the use of corporal punishment in the…
“taking sides” can lead to an unfair situation for the child. Another factor in the misuse of corporal punishment is that it is, or shall we say should be, a violation of the child’s rights. According to Carol Kreck, most states have laws forbidding the hitting of animals, prisoners, soldiers, and mental patients. It is astonishing that our children don’t share these same rights. Secondly, corporal punishment teaches the wrong lesson. According to Dr. Gil Simon, a Sacramento pediatrician, “…spanking…
this world, because we have parents who spank and hit their children and this is what the children see all the time. Of course these children are going to do what they have seen done to them their whole lives and this viscous cycle of physical punishment is kept in swing. Some research has even shown that parent’s use of spanking actually works against what they are trying to accomplish. Children do not learn anything from being spanked. I can say this from experience. The only thing that spanking…
On the contrary, studies prove the cumulative negative affects corporal punishment has on children. These negative consequences include (but are not limited to) harm to cognitive ability and development, antisocial and violent behavior, potential for future abusive behavior during adulthood, bodily harm and injury, sexual development problems, emotional distress, and can even be a gateway to more abusive means of discipline. Admittedly, it is astonishing that all of these negative consequences result…
decreases as the parents age increases this could be because the parent is less motivated. The child's personality directly influences the parent's ability to punish a child. Some children will only respond to physical punishment and others will respond to verbal punishment. If you spank your child there are eight steps to follow. (http://spankingthatworks.20megsfree.com/ ) 8 STEP SPANKING 1) Tell the child that he or she is going to be spanked. A spanking should never be spontaneous.…
Although sometimes a slap on the hand or a firm open palm slap on the behind is necessary, it’s more important that the child understand why they are being disciplined. Corporal punishment can sometimes be a part of discipline, but it is not the cure to all situations and definitely not the only part of the solution. Just like the scripture reads, “A rebuke works deeper in one having understanding than striking a stupid one a hundred times” Prov 17:10 (New World Translation). While physically punishing…
Arizona. It extends from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains, so you can not say it only goes on in the south. But the South is the only region which is dominated by states that permit corporal punishment. Currently Arkansas is ranked as the worst state in reference to corporal punishment. In Arkansas, one out of every eight students is physically abused by their teachers, compared to the national average of one out of every 28 students. In Florida it was found that black students are…
issue… yet we can discern no trend towards the elimination of corporal punishment by making it so costly (Hyman and Wise, 1979, p. 184). After a losing battle Ingraham faced, both in the U.S. and State Supreme Court, Principal Wright and his colleagues around the country were able to continue in practicing physical discipline, even with the new added uncertainty surrounding it. This case increased the awareness of corporal punishment in Florida and around the country, especially extreme where this…
families. It is more than a question of whether or not to hit a child; it is a question of whether or not it benefits the child. Harsh words and/or a physical punishment do not adequately correct a child and they also leave the child with unanswered questions as to why he was punished in that manner. Those who use this form of punishment try to justify it by saying that they had it used on them and they turned out “o.k.” In response to this, only one out of three persons who smoke actually die…
The effect of the corporal punishment Some people believe that teachers’ using physical punishment is the most effective way to educate students because they believe it brings a very quick response, which is actually true. Some may argue that corporal punishment helps straighten out children’s bad behavior fast. However, when people are hit or feel some other sort of pain, they immediately stop the behavior because nobody likes the feeling of pain. It has immediate results. To make it clear, let…
Spanking, when it is done for the right reasons, that is, for wrong done by a child, does no harm but rather helps to strongly send a message to that wayward child that you as a parent are serious and that negative behavior has to stop. Though I am at an age where my parent spanking me is totally inappropriate, I survived the spanking of my early years and I believe I am a better adult because of it. I turned out to be a law-abiding citizen, who, as insignificant as it might be, has never seen the…
It doesn’t teach them self-control or ways to change their behavior other than not getting caught misbehaving. One of the ways kids learn is by watching and mimicking the world around them, especially their parents. They are quick to learn when words and actions don’t coincide, for example, when a parent spanks a child because the child hits someone else. Being a parent is not an easy job and it takes time and patience to discipline children. After a year of implementing a specific…
more act of violence, we believe, only serves to make society less sensitive to the intrinsic value of human life. Usually, punishment is meted out to criminals as an example to deter others from acting in a like manner; or to allow an opportunity for the convicted individual to reform; or for the sake of retribution. However, it seems that the deterrent value of capital punishment is, at the most, doubtful; that the plea for retribution, when the death penalty is involved, reflects a more primitive…
If punishment can be shown to promote effectively in the interest of society it is justifiable, otherwise it is not. Utilitarian Retributivist Maximize social benefit (maximize the benefit, minimize the harms) The offender should experience the exact injustice inflicted Focuses upon the goal of punishment in each individual case Offender deserves to experience the suffering or suffering inflicted by the criminal act Punishment is morally best which produces the maximum deterrence…
It is also argued that capital punishment sends a contradictory message by killing people who kill people to show that killing is wrong. Most of these organizations strongly believe that life in prison is a worse punishment and a more effective deterrent. Most of these individuals believe that the death penalty is a cop out and that a life sentence will force criminals to suffer and constantly think about the crime they have committed. In regards to finances and the overpopulation of the court system…
should cease the use of capital punishment in both federal and state prisons. Capital punishment is immoral and unethical; it degrades society, and lowers the value of a human life. It does not deter murder, it is not economically efficient, and its effects are irreversible. There is not one good reason to keep executing wrongdoers in the United States or anywhere else. Capital punishment goes against the morals and standards that our country is based upon. A punishment that inflicts harm on a person…
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "Punishment has the primary aim of redressing the disorder introduced by the offense." If I commit a serious offense against society, I bring about a disorder, and the point of punishment is to reestablish the lost order. If I willingly accept my punishment, "it assumes the value of expiation." And it can protect you from future crimes I might commit. The Catechism thus gives three purposes of punishment: defending public order, protecting people, and…
When it fails to do that, they become of little use to its citizens. People throughout all the nations will soon realize that capital punishment, military or police force, and even taxes are an unavoidable consequence of every civilized society. It will no longer be the question of whether or not a nation should have the death penalty, but rather how it should be used. What can you say to the parents of the kids that were killed in Columbine High School? What can be done about juvenile murderers…
The U.S prison system is used to both punish and rehabilitate offenders. The first thing that is done in that process is punishment. The punishment of offenders happens in several different ways. The first and most obvious way is prison life in general. The offenders are away from their family and friends so the effect of this punishment is not always immediately evident to the inmate. Sometimes they are not in a frame of mind to realize how having a family member in prison can damage the relationships…
The first pros of capital punishment are that it works as deterrence against major crimes. The death penalty is a punishment that creates fear in the mind of any sane person. Most criminals would think twice if they knew their own lives were at stake. Although there is no statistical evidence that death penalty deters crime, we have to agree that most of us fear death. The most conclusive evidence that criminals fear the death penalty more than life without parole is provided by convicted capital…
The main question should be, when dealing with capital punishment is, has the criminal at hand deserved to receive the punishment of being taken off of this planet. Has he entailed such a gruesome act, and taken an innocent life, and inflicted pain into the hearts of many mourning family members? As for the price of court costs, lawyers, and appeals, Lee lets us know, it is but the abolitionists' and defenders of the criminals that are responsible for the interminable legal activities that run…
Taking that, by definition, punishment involves inflicting some kind of pain on the offender, the ideas of reform and incapacitation are largely seen as secondary to the main purpose of punishment - to deter. The most well known proponents of utilitarianism have almost always justified punishment in terms of its deterrent effect. Bentham, for example, argued that apparent justice was everything, and real justice was essentially irrelevant. And John Stuart Mill, in defending…
The capital punishment, known as the death penalty has been a widely debated topic in America over its constitutionality after being reinstated in 1976. There are two distinct sides in the debate over whether the death penalty is an unjust punishment. The debate spreads over to whether mentally ill and juveniles should be tried as adults and receive the death penalty or if their mental capacity restrains the government from issuing the punishment. Not only that, but the methods used to administer…
truth. Ask yourself, then, what is the death penalty? In its easiest structure, the death penalty is characterized as one individual taking the life of another human. Incidentally, that is the meaning of homicide. There are 36 states with capital punishment, and they should change. These states need to get rid of it because it conveys a perilous danger of disciplining the innocent, is unjust and primitive, and is an insufficient hindrance of wrongdoing versus the option of life in jail without parole…
Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment gave movement to a nationwide anti-death-penalty campaign (“Background”). But this abolition movement did not reach peak strength until the end of the century. Between 1897 and 1917, 10 states repealed death penalty statutes, influenced in part by the reformist sentiments of the progressives (“Background”). During this period, executions occurred far more frequently than they do today (“Background”). Capital punishment has been a continued controversy…
accredits the evolution to the humanization process of thinking based on how people portrayed the executioner. What that means is the overwhelming sense of savagery that was bestowed into the people by the fact that the punishment had ‘out-done’ the crime itself. “It was as if the punishment was thought to equal, if not exceed, in savagery the crime itself, to accustom the spectators to a ferocity from which wished to divert them…to make the executioner resemble a criminal, judges murderers, to reverse…
the presence of capital punishment have a causal relationship. The only other method of justifying the deterring ability of the death penalty is through an intuitive argument. Hypothetically, if a person knows that murdering another will result in their own execution, he or she will not commit the crime. The intuitive argument fails however, because murderers do not face certain death when they go to trial. The long-term effects of murder seem so distant that capital punishment may fail to act as a…
American concepts pertaining to offenders, punishment, and reform was developed after much careful thought and consideration concerning the example of English law and its history. Death was formerly the penalty for all felonies in English law. In practice, the death penalty was rarely applied as widely as the law provided. A variety of procedures were adopted to mitigate the harshness of the law; therefore, many offenders who committed capital crimes were pardoned. The conditions for pardon were…
There is crime all over the world and it has been an issue for years. There are all different kinds of punishments for the different crimes that occur. The death penalty is one punishment used for certain crimes. However, the death penalty is not used enough. Every man or woman that commits murder, rape, or molestation should automatically receive the death penalty. One reason why the death penalty is not used enough is because it comes out of everybody's tax money. Death row should be funded…
murderer. When confronted with the numerous false indictments and possible deaths due to falsified testimony, the advocates of the death penalty reply that it is no different than any other non-capital punishment in which so called offenders often serve unjust time in prison. Finally, pro-capital punishment supporters maintain that ridding the country of violent criminals is both necessary, and for the benefit of the public. One such advocate is Ernest Van Den Haag, who, in his article In Defense…
does not have the same need as a homeless person does. If the person disregards the need of others over his based on selfishness, the result could be in the form of punishment. Punishment is defined as “the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeed (i.e., the transgression of a law or command). Punishment may take forms ranging from…
Next, they could ground Gallegos, 2 them for the weekend and cancel plans. Last of all parents could take the time to sit and talk to their children about their bad behavior. Physical punishment may cause a child psychological problems. First, if the physical punishment starts at an early age the child will be used to being physically punished, therefore, his or hers self-esteem may severely negative as he or she grows up. Second, it is a life-affecting act to physically punish a child because…
me will kill me for what I have done.” But the LORD said to him, “Not so; if anyone kills you, he will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. In today’s society Capital punishment is being heavily contemplated for particular actions around the world. As I speak, Shapelle Corby recognized for drug smuggling faces her toughest hour as she waits for her verdict. One of the consequences for her actions if she is found guilty…
of education, and location of crime are key in the selection of those to be executed. The fate of one man's life often depends on the whims and prejudgements of the jury he is granted. Only 0.3 % of those convinced of crimes eligible for capital punishment are sentenced to death. Of course, one may think it good that such a relatively small number of people are executed, but this number represents the frivolous inclination of the legal system. In fact, since the reinstatement of the death penalty…
This cannot be maintained in all cases, as such with rape and torture. These crimes must be addressed with something which the punishment, even if it does not fit the crime exactly, matches it in respect to severity (Kant 145). Kant holds the belief that “whoever has committed murder, must die... [for] there is no likeness or proportion between life, however painful, and death” (Kant 145). Saying this, Kant also acknowledges that “[the criminal’s] death, however, must be kept free from all maltreatment…
consequences he/she might have to face later on for the crime. A second criminal profile includes those who plan their crimes beforehand, such as professional executioners. According to Bedau, murderers are not influenced by the death penalty as a punishment, since they carefully plan their murders thinking that they will not get caught (171). Therefore, they do not think about the consequences they will face if they are captured. Another argument made by death penalty supporters is that the death…