Corporal Punishment is physical abuse Corporal punishment is the execution of a judicially imposed sentence that inflicts a manner of physical pain upon the offenders body without killing him. In the past corporal punishment included flogging, whipping, branding and facial or bodily mutilation of all types. Corporal punishment also refers to the discipline of children at home and in schools but it was made illegal for punishing schoolchildren in 1986. Historically, corporal punishment was used in …showed first 75 words of 823 total…

…showed last 75 words of 823 total…more beneficial than the easy and quick brutality. Punishment does nit have to be physical; it can be social, emotional or mental. "One form of punishment is the administering of an aversive stimulus contingent upon disapproved behaviour. The other is the removal of a reward or positive reinforcer" (Skinner, 1938). Bibliography : Beck, S, Alternatives to corporal punishment (internet) Danellan, C, Crime and punishment (1991) Great, B, Supervision and punishment in the community, HMSO, 1990 Pros and Cons, RGB, 1992