Factual documentation on official corporal punishment in schools, prisons and institutions and as a judicial penalty around the world. Many links and archived reports and even some humor.
Research on corporal punishment of children and critiques of anti-spanking research.
The question of whether corporate punishment should be allowed is covered by an About.com guide on private schooling.
For many children around the world, violence was a regular part of the school experience. In some countries, school officials routinely used corporal punishment to maintain classroom discipline and to punish children for poor academic performance. Human Rights Watch workes to highlight these abuses.
Essay against flogging, written by Robert Green Ingersoll, in reply to the Dean of St. Paul's Contribution to the North American Review for Dec., 1891.
Personal site with an online poll about spanking.
Newly appointed MEC for education in KwaZulu-Natal has hardly had time to settle into her new office, but she has already established herself as a figure of controversy - because of her outspoken support for corporal punishment. Johannesburg, South Africa.
An historical survey of juvenile corporal punishment in Great Britain.
Member organization seeking to have corporal punishment removed from public schools. Articles about the adverse effects of paddling, and a list of state school systems that do not allow corporal punishment.
Multinational initiative by children's rights advocates to end corporal punishment of children across the world. Background, supporters, legal basis, global progress and other information.
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