Corporal Punishment Is Physical Abuse

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against an ever increasing amount of
crime.
The use of corporal punishment on children has also dropped sharply. In
many school systems of the United States, for example, corporal punishment has
been outlawed, it is also illegal in countries such as Sweden, Finland, Denmark
and Norway.
Corporal punishment for certain offences is very effective, because it's
done quickly and feared by all. Not only will it teach the offender not to
repeat his violent actions but it will also discourage him. It teaches the
school boy or convict that doing wrong will be followed by pain and suffering.
When used justly and without anger the giver is not brutalised. In many
independent schools where it still occurs it is thought of as a final punishment.
It accustoms the pupils to the hardships of real life and no bitterness is left
after it has been used for good reasons. It is always impossible to make the
punishment fit the crime, with corporal punishment the amount can be ...

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