Corporal Punishment
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Corporal punishment is a very controversial topic that is being discussed amongst educators across the nation. Corporal punishment refers to any physical form of punishment, but in this case it refers to in schools. Currently there are many different terms used to label corporal punishment, for example, it has been called spanking, paddling, caning, lashing, popping, smacking, whipping or beating. Each term carries its own different meaning, but they all represents some form of corporal punishment.
Corporal punishment involves the deliberate infliction of pain upon a child, by an adult, as a result of the child's misbehavior or perceived misbehavior. It has been proven scientifically that the effects of it can be detrimental to the emotional and educational needs of children.
The most ironic thing I found pertaining to corporal punishment was that most people, (myself included) do not know that it is still common practice in some public schools in the United States. Many states have outlawed it because it was thought to be cruel and outdated. Some of the punishments were very cruel ranging from having students hold a dictionary over their head for an excess amount of time, paddling in front of school assemblies, to football coaches striking players with wooden paddles for not getting good enough grades. All of these practices seem unnecessary, cruel, and demeaning; but all of them were within the means of the law. Almost half of the states in the U.S. have refused to pass legislation banning corporal punishment in public schools. And in most of these states it is still very common practice.
Studies show that there is a regional pattern in the states that have not prohibited corporal punishment. It showed that all ...
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...ternative means of discipline, there should be no problem with Ohio changing. In fact, schools that have eliminated corporal punishment have reported many positive results, such as increased attendance, higher academic performance, decreased behavioral problems, and better relations between student and school personnel.
In view of the harmful effects of corporal punishment and the availability of far better disciplinary methods, it is important that school district provide the leadership necessary to eliminate this form of punishment in all schools across the nation. Corporal punishment in schools leads to greater intolerance and condones using physical violence. The evidence indicates that failing to do eliminate corporal punishment will jeopardize the health and happiness of many children and will heighten the already high levels of violence in America society.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that corporal punishment is a controversial topic that is being discussed amongst educators across the nation.
- Explains that corporal punishment involves the deliberate infliction of pain upon a child, by an adult, as the result of the child's misbehavior. it can be detrimental to the emotional and educational needs of children.
- Opines that most people do not know that corporal punishment is still common practice in some public schools in the united states.
- Explains that there is a regional pattern in the states that have not prohibited corporal punishment. the pattern covers texas, arkansas, oklahoma, and arizona.
- Explains that school-inflicted corporal punishment has caused the deaths of seven childrenincluding a kindergarten girl.
- Opines that corporal punishment is an ineffective means of discipline because the same student are repeatedly the recipients of it.
- Explains that ohio's state board of education adopted a resolution against corporal punishment in 1992, and the ohio general assembly passed legislation banning it unless individual school districts take specific steps to retain it.
- Argues that it is important that school districts provide the leadership necessary to eliminate corporal punishment in all schools across the nation.
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- Corporal Punishment in Americaexplanatory essayCorporal Punishment in America The term corporal punishment means the intentional infliction of pain on the body for purposes of punishment and includes slapping, hitting with objects, pinching, shaking and forcing to stand for long periods of time (Epoch 1). Family researchers define corporal punishment as " the use of physical force aimed at causing children to experience pain but not injury, for the purposes of correction and control of youthful behavior" (Day 83). Spanking is one form of physical or corporal punishment (Epoch 1). The general acceptance, and sometimes support, of corporal punishment as a method of discipline is an aspect of the American culture (Barnett, Miller-Perrin, Perrin 61).
In this essay, the author
- Defines corporal punishment as the intentional infliction of pain on the body for purposes of punishment and includes slapping, hitting with objects, pinching, shaking and forcing to stand for long periods of time.
- Explains the acceptance and support of corporal punishment as a discipline in american culture. children are abused because they cannot defend themselves against stronger and more powerful adults.
- Explains that studies of the incidence and intensity of spanking often provide evidence that most parents have spanked their children.
- Explains that a research project using the national longitudinal survey of youth examined the antecedents of parents’ spanking behavior.
- Explains that even though the study had little theoretical orientation from which spanking could be predicted, it showed that younger mothers spank much more frequently than older mothers.
- Explains that consistent use of corporal punishment has been an indicator of less effective parenting and is commonly linked to socialization out comes such as delinquence, low self-esteem, and social incompetence.
- Explains that the child's temperament and personality directly affect the parents ability to employ non-physical discipline strategies. children who are perceived as difficult are more likely to be spanked.
- Explains that older parents with more education will have more experience raising children, know more about alternative and nonpunitive strategies of discipline, and have a greater sense of maturity and self-control, all of which may reduce inclinations to spank.
- Explains that spanking is deeply rooted in the history and culture of our nation as well as in our own personal experiences.
- Explains that when parents are working and are not on public assistance, they have a greater ability to provide necessities and extras for their children. economic independence may lead to greater sense of personal worth.
- Explains that single mothers are understaffed and have difficulty juggling household, children, and work. when these strains exist, discipline strategies may reflect a more pressured situation.
- Explains that fathers spank less than mothers, suggesting that this period of the child's life may be difficult for mothers.
- Explains that the study indicated that boys are spanked more frequently than girls. mothers and fathers are less likely to spank older children.
- Explains that black, single mothers report the most spanking, while married women with older children report more than white women, but less than single, black mothers. the younger women are more likely to espouse religious conservatism.
- Concludes that spanking is a common occurrence during the parent-child relationship. data matched previous research and indicated that toddlers and younger children are more likely to be spanked than older children.
- Explains that fathers are cast in less direct parenting roles that are supposed to be supportive of mothers’ effort but are less involved in the daily administration of discipline. black and white mothers of younger children are significantly influenced by the parent-child context.
- Explains that parental spanking may be complicated by many factors, including gender, age, gender of parent, and age of the parent.
- Explains that parents' inclinations to spank may be embedded in conservative religious beliefs and the parent's own perceptions of characteristics of their children that have developed during parent-child relationship.
- Opines that little work has been done to understand parents' discipline strategies in many ethnic and racial groups in our society. motivations for spanking are complex and embedded in the ideological and family system fabric of daily life.
- Explains that spanking is a conflict between the ideal of the loving parent and the purposeful violence of corporal punishment.
- Opines that parents should be trained to understand alternative strategies of discipline, despite ideological motivations.
1226 wordsRead More - Abolishing Corporal Punishment in the United States Schoolsanalytical essayCorporal punishment is a discipline method in which an administering adult inflicts pain upon a student (usually using a paddle) in response to a student's offensive behavior. Nowadays regulations have been created as to how many “swats” can be inflicted, by whom, and with what instrument. It is still used in many U.S. schools as a disciplinary method against disobedient or defiant students. Although corporal punishment is no longer tolerated in the military, prisons, or mental institutions, 21 states still allow corporal punishment in full or in part according to the U.S. Department of Education. Every year, more than 223,190 students are being subjected to this particular form of punishment in public schools, and a disproportionate number are minority students, male students, and students with disabilities. Research has also shown a correlation between the use of corporal punishment and increased school truancy, dropout rates, violence, and vandalism schools. Principal Sid Leonard, from Toledo Ohio states, expresses his feelings against corporal punishment: "The same ones kept coming back for more. It wasn't working. Hitting children did not seem to improve their behavior. It seemed in fact to be reinforcing the very behaviors I was attempting to eliminate." Advocates of corporal punishment view it as a fast and effective procedure as opposed to a time consuming suspension. Father Philip Berrigan, a teacher at St. Augustine High school in New Orleans, expresses how beneficial corporal punishment served him as a teacher: "Sometimes we sent a student to the principal's office for a paddling, and I have seen a marvelous clearing of the air with a simple whack on the butt. The offending student realized without resorting to guilt ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that corporal punishment is a discipline method in which an adult inflicts pain upon students in response to their offensive behavior.
- Argues that corporal punishment in schools should be abolished and administrators should use alternative forms of discipline.
- Opines that punishing a student with violence is taking the easy way out of the situation, but it is inhumane and lazy. we need to confront the problem head on by taking action.
- Argues that non-hitting states have higher high school graduation rates and act scores than paddling states.
- Argues that corporal punishment in schools is cruel and the remaining states in america who practice it should eliminate it.
754 wordsRead More - corporal punishmentanalytical essayThere have been enormous changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. A large number of parents would agree with using force and physical punishments regularly as a way of dealing with discipline problems in their kids. Some of the parents do not have the knowledge of the tremendous amount of negative effects they can leave on children by using corporal punishments; therefore, they use the wrong way to punish their kids. Studies show that about 50% of families use physical punishment to discipline children (Gershoff, 2008). Many may claim that punishing children is a good way to stop them from committing errors, as children can remember the pain they got in the previous time they did a mistake. However, it is argued that the child should not be hurt physically whatever was the reason because of the physical damage and the emotional problems that might happen to a child.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there have been enormous changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. some parents do not know the negative effects they can leave on children by using corporal punishments.
- Argues that corporal punishment can cause children physical injuries, or even paralyze them. according to amber mcd, even the lightest paddle can inflict serious injuries to a child.
- Explains that corporal punishment has emotional and psychological effects that can deeply affect the survivor of the child.
- Argues that corporal punishment is a way of intimidation the child of doing something bad, and an explanation that doing this thing is wrong.
738 wordsRead More - Is Corporal Punishment Effective?opinionated essayCorporal Punishment Introduction On a student’s cell phone, a teacher is caught hitting students with a thick stick. He continually hits everywhere from the students’ hips to the head harshly without a hesitation. This video is opened to the public by a student in the class posting it on the Internet. According to the other students, they were punished because they skipped class when the school inspectors came. All the people who looked at it on the Internet were surprised to see this kind of behavior.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that corporal punishment has been around for thousands of years and that it helps straighten out children's bad behavior fast.
- Opines that behaviorism has its limits in that the experiments were made using animals not children. however, we can find how temporary the effect of corporal punishment when we give punishment to our own children
- Opines that it is controversial to decide how much punishment is proper as disciplines. there are laws regulating physical punishment, but the jurisdiction is left up to the teacher.
- Concludes that they agree with corporal punishment as a discipline in that it brings fast results to the problems. however, they disagree with physical punishment.
- Opines that physical punishment is temporary and can be abused because there aren't any concrete standards to regulate the amount of punishment proper in disciplining.
- Explains that some people believe that teachers' using physical punishment is the most effective way to educate students. physical punishment in child rearing and education appears early in the recorded history of western cultures.
- Opines that corporal punishment has more side effects than advantages. it insults the personality of children and can arouse resistance and shame.
1663 wordsRead More - Corporal Punishment in American Homesexplanatory essayCorporal punishment does not necessarily get to the core of the problem. Although corporal punishment may work as an immediate form of discipline, it can affect a child’s long-term behavior. Discipline is used to mold a child and to teach kids how to behave, which will eventuall...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that a twenty-six-year-old woman in upper darby, pennsylvania, has been jailed for giving her son black eyes. the incident happened on december 4th of 2009, and according to the young boy, mrs.
- Analyzes how a spanking for the huber boys was not going to teach them to never break anything else, but rather address what they broke in the moment.
- Explains that mrs. huber, like other parents, deals with the hard decision of disciplining their child. the use of physical punishment in american homes led to aggression, long-term health issues, and eroded family relationships.
- Explains that corporal punishment can affect a child's long-term behavior. discipline is used to mold and teach kids how to behave, which will eventually prepare them for society.
- Explains that many parents spank their misbehaving child and expose their child to random acts of violence.
- Explains that a research conducted in tanzania, africa interviewed over 400 kids between grades 2 and 7 about physical punishment. nine percent of children had higher-than-normal levels of hyperactivity.
- Explains that studies have linked physical punishment to aggression and criminal behavior, and that corporal punishment contributed to delinquent behaviors such as theft and murder.
- Explains that children who are punished through hitting learn from their parents that important things can be communicated through corporal punishment, which leads them to think it is okay to be violent.
- Opines that if parents show kindness, children will have a reason to behave well on their own. parents need to display positive actions so the child knows to follow in those footsteps.
- Explains that corporal punishment can lead to a violent child who may struggle with mental health issues later on in life.
- Explains that depression occurs in many children when anger is repressed. the inflicted pain caused by corporal punishment is too much for a child to handle.
- Explains that physical punishment can be a frightening and traumatic experience for many children. parents spank their children when they see them doing something bad.
- Explains that children are hit without proper explanation of why they deserve the punishment; they develop poor self-esteem and this can make it difficult for them to adjust socially in school.
- Explains that spanked children may feel disconnected from society and have a hard time adjusting. many children will try therapy to fix or at least deal with the problems that may have occurred many years ago.
- Explains that there are alternative forms of discipline for which a parent may use and see positive results. a majority of children disagree with the use of corporal punishment.
- Explains that healthy parent-child relationships consist of affection, communication, and quality time. children's relationships with their parents may be damaged by corporal punishment.
- Opines that a relationship grows more and more as parents spend time with their child, especially in the younger years, where most of the discipline takes place.
- Opines that spanking a child will result in the child losing trust and respect for their parent.
- Opines that when the home becomes an unhealthy environment to live in, the child will eventually go off and live with friends, complete strangers or end up in the streets. most kids will run away because the relationship they hold with their parent is just unbearable.
- Opines that children who will become adults have trust issues and will most likely not want to get to close to another person.
- Explains that corporal punishment has a huge impact on children's lives, from their emotions to their psychological well-being, and relationships.
- Cites gates, sara. "spanking children & mental health: punishment linked to disorders later in life." huffington post.
- Explains ng, desmond, "don't slap that kid." healthxchange. n.p., n.d.
- Cites waters, rob, "healthday." corporal punishment and trauma. n.p., n.d.
1385 wordsRead More - What is The Problem with the US Correctional Systemsexplanatory essayHAWKINS, GORDON; FRASE RICHARD S., BORIS N. MIRONOV, and COLIN BLAKEMORE;SHELIA JENNETT. "Corporal Punishment." Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, 01 Jan. 2002. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.
In this essay, the author
- Explains the historical development of capital and corporal punishment, including the methods of punishment used over the years, and the latin roots of capita and corpus.
- Explains that capital punishment is a legal infliction of death for violating criminal law. in california, incarceration is preferred method of punishment.
- Explains that in california, corporal punishment has been implemented instead of capital punishment. prisoners and civil rights activist believe that it is inhumane; people make mistakes and deserve life.
- Defines corporal punishment as the use of pain, injury, distress or mortification to reprimand unruly or criminal behavior. jesus was beaten by a whip or rod before he was crucified in the cross.
- Explains that more serious forms of corporal punishment, including flogging, have undergone restoration in certain countries such as islamic areas that have experienced new beginning in fundamentalism.
- Explains that federal and state laws govern the establishment and administration of prisons as well as the rights of the inmates.
- Explains that even the most chronic or hardened inmates have basic rights that are protected by the united states constitution, such as freedom of speech or press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble, establishing of religion and redress of grievances.
- Explains that the fourth amendment protects prisoners' privacy from government intrusion, but prisoners surrender most of their privacy rights in correctional institutions.
- Opines that rehabilitation is the most appealing modern justification for use of the criminal sanction. prisoners were encouraged to develop occupational skills and resolve psychological problems.
- Describes the usp administrative maximum in florence, colorado, nicknamed the alcatraz of the rockies.
- Explains that inmates who want to participate in programs will face other constraints such as the procedures used to classify them with respect to security and programs.
- Opines that harsher penalties were needed to restore order and deter prisoners from killing prison guards.
- Explains that punishing and following up with rehabilitation through community supervision can be the source of helping deter crime.
- Explains that probation and parole are privileges which allow offenders to prevent prison or be discharged from prison system after serving only a partial of their sentences.
- Explains that alternative sentencing is when someone is convicted of a crime, the court determines what the proper punishment will be.
- Explains alternative sentencing, such as partial incarceration through work furlough, and house arrest where the criminal offender serves his or her sentence detained at their own residence.
- Opines that alternative sentencing may be available for first-time non-violent offenders. however, if an offender violates the terms, they may need to finish their sentence in jail.
- Explains that capital punishment has been used since ancient times, beginning with jesus. the declination of corporal punishment was once hailed as a sign of humanitarianism and civilization.
- Cites clear, todd r., george f. cole, and michael d. reisig. american corrections. belmont, ca: cengage learning wadsworth, 2013.
- Explains the history of capital punishment in california.
- Explains lambert's "a history of corporal punishment." the history of capital punishment in the united states.
1920 wordsRead More - Persuasive Essay On Disciporal Punishmentexplanatory essayCorporal punishment is a traditional practice of imposing pain, which is commonly used by parents towards children to remove an unpleasant behavior. It is also a physical force towards a child for the purpose of control, and as a disciplinary penalty inflicted on the body. The parents play a pivotal role in honing and disciplining their child with regards to his/her actions. Hitting them with physical objects and forcing them to do cleaning works are some of the ways of discipline, which were done at home. In the year 2000, research, the convention, and law reform – modified the punishment towards children. According to research, 20,000 people in the U.S – particularly those who are 20 years old and above, 1,258 experienced punishment by pushing, grabbing, slapping and hitting. 19,349 people had been reported that they didn’t experience such kind of punishment. Moreover, it is also executed on the children, in order for them to act independently and to visualize the negativities of being careless and dependent to others. Punishment is also
In this essay, the author
- Explains that corporal punishment is a traditional practice of imposing pain, which is commonly used by parents towards children to remove an unpleasant behavior.
- Explains that disciplined punishment is effective in a way that children know how to manage their own behavior, and they may know what is right and wrong. the frequent use of punishment may disengage into acting younger.
- Explains that exposing children to physical, psychological, and emotional torture is not helpful, in accordance with their development.
- Explains coleman's definition of reasonable corporal punishment based on normative understandings and scientific evidence of capacity and functional impairment.
996 wordsRead More - Corporal Punishment and Abuseanalytical essay“It hurts and it’s painful inside – it’s like breaking your bones; it’s loud and sore, and it stings; it feels like you’ve been adopted or something and you’re not part of their family; you feel like you don’t like your parents anymore; you feel upset because they are hurting you, and you love them so much, and then all of a sudden they hit you and you feel as though they don’t care about you” (Pritchard 9). These are the feelings of those juveniles who suffer from corporal punishment. Corporal punishment has been one of the main topics of research in Psychology in last few decades. Although people had believed, “Spare the rod and spoil the child” but in the present age of science, research has revealed that the corporal punishment causes more harm to the children instead of having a positive effect on them. According to UNICEF, “Corporal punishment is actually the use of physical measures that causes pain but no wounds, as a means of enforcing discipline” (1). It includes spanking, squeezing, slapping, pushing and hitting by hand or with some other instruments like belts etc. But it is different from physical abuse in which punishment result in wounds and the objective is different from teaching the discipline. Although Corporal punishment is considered to be a mode of teaching discipline and expeditious acquiescence, however, it leads to the disruption of parent-child relationship, poor mental health of juveniles, moral internalization along with their anti-social and aggressive behaviour and it is against the morality of humans.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that corporal punishment has been one of the main topics of research in psychology in last few decades.
- Explains that children are like nave "b-cells of body"; they learn from the people around them and do so what is taught to them by their guiders.
- Explains that corporal punishment leads to aggression and anti-social behaviour in children, as well as criminal tendencies and delinquency.
- Explains that corporal punishment results in a decrease in mental health and iq level of the victims.
- Analyzes the negative effects of corporal punishment on children's self-control, as they are afraid of being punished if they don't follow their parents' instructions.
- Cites arcurs, yuri, and sciencedaily. physical punishment of children potentially harmful to their long-term development.
- Explains that spanking kids can lead to more aggressive behaviour.
- Explains gershoff, elizabeth thompson, "corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviours and experiences: a meta-analytic and theoretical review."
- Opines that "hitting people is wrong – and children are people too." end corporal punishment.
- Analyzes kandel's physical punishment and the development of aggressive and violent behaviour: a review. never hit a child.
- States smith, anne b., "the state of research on the effects of physical punishment." ministry of social development.
- Summarizes research on the effects of corporal punishment. end corporal punishment.
1373 wordsRead More - Stephen L. Carter´s Just Be Niceanalytical essayDupper, David R. , and Amy E. Montgomery Dingus. "Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools : A Continuing Challenge for School Social Workers." Schools and Children 30.4 (2008): 243-250. Print.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the student's reaction to the essay, "just be nice," was stunted by the question "what audience did intend to reach?"
- Analyzes how carter's "just be nice" is part of a larger effort that includes his non-fiction books the culture of disbelief, integrity and civility: manners, morals, and the etiquette of democracy.
- Analyzes how carter indicts schools for not teaching students the finer points of etiquette, arguing that sex education is acceptable, but the curriculum is wrong.
- Explains that "nice is not a moral value." ahrens, tim. "corporal punishment in u.s. public schools."
874 wordsRead More - Importance Of Corporal Punishment In Schoolsopinionated essayCorporal punishment means to educate by implement of physical pain on learners in order to enhance their ability of studying. As we know, students will often follow the instructions which given by their instructor. However, if they don’t, many instructors are likely to introduce the corporal punishment such as hitting, slapping, spanking and kicking rather than promotes the oral education method to force their students to have a better performance. Gradually, corporal punishment have become a widely known phenomenon all over the world. According to the Department of Education’s 2006 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), it clearly showed that a total of 223,190 students without disabilities received corporal punishment in that year around the
In this essay, the author
- Explains that corporal punishment has become a widely known phenomenon all over the world.
- Analyzes how wide shot gives allen a full-body shot to let the audience know who allen is and what he looks like.
- Narrates how a man is hitting his son at home, and the scene switch to school.
- Analyzes how a teacher uses reward system in his teaching. students are grateful and happy.
- Explains that people in different age groups have different opinions about corporal punishment.
- Opines that the government should ban corporal punishment in schools and enact laws to restrict teachers' bad behavior.
- Opines that a good teacher should never use corporal punishment to his students because it is not helpful and it will cause trouble.
- Describes the indirect ways in which a student stands in the corner of the classroom.
- Analyzes cutaway: a video shows a traditional family scene in which the child's father punished him by spanking his bottom. the student reported to his parents, who argued with his teacher.
- Introduces allen lee, an english teacher in luoyang city, henan province, who has been teaching for over ten years.
- Opines that the government should ban corporal punishment in schools and enact laws to restrict teachers' bad behavior.
- Opines that a good teacher should never use corporal punishment to his students because it is not helpful and it will cause trouble.
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