Abolishing Corporal Punishment in the United States Schools

It will not work. Playing with children does not seem to improve their behavior. In fact, it seems to strengthen the behavior I am trying to eliminate. "The advocate of corporal punishment is not a time-consuming pause, but is considered a prompt and efficient procedure.The father of Philip Berrigan, a teacher at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, said that the usefulness of corporal punishment as a teacher We have sent students to the principal's office and rowed, and I saw a wonderful air, just hit the butt.

School corporal punishment, which is common in history, is prohibited in various states through its administrative laws. It was not until 1983 that it was not completely abolished everywhere. Since 1993, the use of corporal punishment by teachers has become a crime. That year, the German federal court ruling (Bundesgerichtshof, incident number NStZ 1993.591) was announced and rejected the previous powers included in the informal customary law (Gewohnheitsrecht), and several local courts of appeals (Oberlandesgericht, upper court) Acquisition) support. Even in the 1970s. They believe that the right to punishment is the reason to protect every "accidental injury" (= section) 223 Strafgesetzbuch (federal criminal law)

Corporal punishment no longer exists in the legal system of most developed countries in the world. For example, the last whiplash in the United States took place in Delaware in 1952 (it was abolished in 1972). UK Penal Code as a legal exception to punish certain crimes is a rare exception, but the application of such punishment was severely limited by the Criminal Justice Act of 1948 and was abolished in 1967. Flogging and disconnection are still punished. However, some Middle Eastern countries strictly adhere to the Islamic law. In the prison system of many countries, strikes and other disciplinary punishment are still being carried out despite being legally and secretly. Many international human rights treaties, such as the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations minimum standards on the handling of prisoners, explicitly prohibit corporal punishment.