Corporal Punishment

Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain to someone as correction or punishment.

When used for the punishment of criminals or slaves, it is usually applied using an instrument such as a cane, switch or a whip. Some such implements have become well-known. The 'cat-o-nine-tails' once used in America and by the British is one example. The Russian knout, which consisted of leather thongs with pieces of metal inserted, is another example. Ancient Romans used a similar device: the scourge.

Many parents use a milder form of corporal punishment called "spanking", usually slapping their child's buttocks with the palm of their hand.

Corporal and capital punishment were long the main forms of punishment used by society. Since the 18th century corporal punishment has tended to be gradually replaced by fines and incarceration. However, several societies retain widespread use of corporal punishment; this includes nations such as Singapore and Malaysia. The Singaporean practice of caning became much discussed in the U.S. in 1994, when American teenager Michael Fay was sentenced to such punishment for an offence of car vandalisation. In Singapore, male violent offenders and rapists are typically sentenced to caning in addition to a prison term.

Corporal punishment is further an important part of Islam's traditional Sharia law. According to that legal system, women may also be subject to corporal punishment. The person carrying out the whipping must however in this case retain a copy of the Quran (the Islamic bible) in his armpit, which significantly limits the range of motion and thus the impact of the blows.

A small minority of Western thinkers argue that corporal punishment is a quick and effective method that should be considered as an alternative to incarceration.

Corporal punishment of children, usually by spanking, remains an accepted social practice in many countries. However, it is generally accepted even by proponents of the corporal punishment of children that excessive physical punishment amounts to child abuse. Opponents of the physical punishment of children argue that even the lesser forms of corporal punishment are abusive, an argument that is increasingly popular in many countries. A number of countries such as Sweden have banned the corporal punishment of children entirely.

See also:

the paraphilia of flagellation.

Commercial Usage: Corporal Punishment

Domain	Title
Books	1001 Alternatives to Corporal Punishment (reference) Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American Families and Its Effect on Children (reference) Beetle Bailey: Corporal Punishment (reference) Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment (reference) History of Corporal Punishment (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Corporal Punishment

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Bolivia	Corporal punishment and verbal abuse are common in schools. (references)
	United Kingdom	Child welfare groups have called for all corporal punishment of children to be outlawed. (references)
	Haiti	In early September, Parliament passed a law banning corporal punishment against children. (references)
Human Rights	Trinidad and Tobago	There were no sentences of corporal punishment during the year. (references)
	Qatar	The Government administers most corporal punishment prescribed by Islamic law but does not allow amputation. (references)
	Fiji	The law permits corporal punishment as a penalty for criminal acts, but the courts seldom invoke this provision. (references)
Minorities	Canada	Provincial authorities had warned the Church of God for several months previously that such severe corporal punishment could constitute child abuse. (references)
Political Economy	Haiti	The Parliament passed a law outlawing corporal punishment against children. (references)
Women	Botswana	By law the minimum sentence for rape is 10 years, with the minimum increasing to 15 years with corporal punishment if the offender is HIV-positive, and to 20 years with corporal punishment if the offender knew of his or her HIV status. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Corporal Punishment

Modern Translation: Corporal Punishment

Language		Translations for "corporal punishment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ndëshkim trupor. (various references)

Arabic		‏تأنيب بدني, ‏عقاب جسماني. (various references)

Bulgarian		телесно наказание (chastisement, flogging). (various references)

Chinese		板子 (bamboo or birch for corporal punishment, board, plank). (various references)

Czech		tìlesný trest. (various references)

Finnish		ruumiillinen kuri. (various references)

French		châtiment corporel. (various references)

German		körperliche züchtigung (restraint). (various references)

Greek		σωματική τιμωρία. (various references)

Hebrew		עו� ש �'ופ� י. (various references)

Hungarian		testi fenyítés (flogging). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"罰 , �"刑 (jail sentence). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいばつ, たいけい (battle formation, compendium, disposition of troops, farsighted policy, figure, form, grand-scale or long-range plan, great joy, honorific title for someone a little older, jail sentence, older brother, organization, outline, survey, system). (various references)

Manx		kerraghey callinagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		orporalcay unishmentpay

Russian		телесное наказание (flogging). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		telesna kazna (rod). (various references)

Spanish		castigo corporal (Corporal). (various references)

Swedish		kroppsstraff (restraint). (various references)

Turkish		işkence (cruelty, gaff, grueling, gruelling, persecution, torment, torture), dayak (bashing, basting, beating, birching, caning, chastisement, dressing down, drubbing, dusting, flogging, fustigation, hiding, lacing, licking, prop, rod, rubdown, sock, the works, thrashing, trimming, wallop, whacking, whaling, whipping). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: Corporal Punishment

Anagrams: Corporal Punishment

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Expression	Frequency per Day
corporal punishment	719
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corporal punishment spanking	36
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corporal punishment story	24
corporal punishment video	18
caning corporal punishment	12
corporal punishment woman	12
history of corporal punishment	9
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corporal punishment statistics	6
adult corporal punishment	5
corporal punishment research	4
article corporal punishment	3
corporal punishment punishment story	3
bare bottom corporal punishment spanking	3
corporal punishment whipping	3
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Misspellings
	"Corporal Punishment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coporal punishiment, coropral punishment, corpral punishment. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Corporal Punishment

Definition: Corporal Punishment