What Is Corporal Punishment? Is It Still Allowed?
Corporal punishment has been around since biblical times, so we are not the first to use it. As a humanitarian nation we do though search for different and more humane methods of execution. One of our main problems is that our court systems do make mistakes and the innocent are occasionally found guilty. Another issue of debate is whether the death penalty is a bias or even at times prejudice.
Corporal punishment is the act of using physical force to punish a student for wrongdoing. It might involve a ruler across the back of the hand or a cane to the rear. Corporal punishment has since been outlawed as a cruel and unusual punishment. In this essay, I explore the for and against of implementing corporal punishment within education.
Another important factor that must be examined is whether or not Canadian laws related to the corporal punishment of a child comply with the articles of the U.N convention on the rights of the child. In conducting a critical analysis on the issue of corporal punishment I intend to critically weigh out the pros and cons of corporal punishment of the child.
The committee on the rights of the Child noted in its general comment 8 that “corporal” or “physical” punishment defined as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light” violated the right of the child in the convention and was not in line with the obligation of states to protect children from all forms of.
While the nature of the analyses prohibits causally linking corporal punishment with the child behaviors, Gershoff also summarizes a large body of literature on parenting that suggests why corporal punishment may actually cause negative outcomes for children. For one, corporal punishment on its own does not teach children right from wrong. Secondly, although it makes children afraid to disobey.
The United States is one of two countries choosing not to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in November 1989. The document calls for a number of protections of children, including protection from violence. Corporal punishment is legal in twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia.
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