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None of the states are allowed to use corporal punishment as criminal sentences. Corporal punishment in schools, however is still legal in 20 states. And domestic corporal punishment is legal in every state.

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Do they use corporal punishment in schools in Australia?

Australian state schools (public schools) do not use corporal punishment. A tiny number of independent schools still use corporal punishment, with the agreement of the parents.


Does Mexico use flogging as corporal punishment?

No. At least according to Mexican laws, corporal punishment is illegal.


Does South Africa use corporal punishment?

No. The Constitutional Court ruled in 1995 that corporal punishment was unconstitutional.


Did all schools use corporal punishment in 1968?

Corporal punishment in schools (generally punishment administered across the buttocks or on the hands with a paddle or yardstick) was certainly legal in all U.S. and U.K. schools in 1968. It was not banned in many states until the 1990s or later, and in some U.S. states (particularly Southern ones), it is still not illegal. The U.K. gradually banned corporal punishment over a period of time beginning in the late 1980s and stretching into the early 2000s.


How can the evolutionary and socio-cultural perspectives explain the use of corporal punishment on children?

Corporal punishment for children has been used for thousands of years. Some cultures use corporal punishment more than other cultures because that's how they developed over time. Corporal punishment is diminishing in many cultures because people are starting to realize that teaching children works better and does less damage.


Which countries still use corporal punishment in schools?

There are a number of countries which still use corporal punishment in schools. Some of them include Malaysia, Costa Rica, India, Pakistan, Philippines and so many others.


When was corporal punishment banned in the Bahamas?

Corporal Punishment was never completely banned. It is however banned in schools to some extent, only principals and the administrators are allowed to use corporal punishment in the schools. Teachers are forbidden to do so.


How would you use corporal in a sentence?

Students who plagiarise from the Internet should be subject to corporal punishment.


Can you give me a sentence for the word corporal punishment?

Almost all cultures have used corporal punishment in childrearing.A simple paddling was never thought of as "corporal punishment", but necessary discipline.Some schools now must have parental permission for a principal to use corporal punishment.Administered within reason, no one ever died from corporal punishment.Corporal punishment done to extremes becomes abuse.


Shouldn't there be corporal punishment for rule breakers at school?

There is in 22 states out of 50 in my opinion though it should be in all states because some kids want to learn and if you have rude or kids intentionally disrupting class then we shouldn't give them attention by tending to them show them that, their behavior is unexceptable. Even though where I live it isn't allowed in schools from what I know, but still 90% of parents in the united states use corporal punishment as an effective disipline. This is the spioled generation all our parents had to work all we do is sit there and let it fall into our laps we could do so much better.


When were corporal punishment in schools allowed?

Corporal punishment in schools was first allowed in the late 1950s. Teachers were allowed to use physical ways to get through to their students to help them further their education.


Should punishment be banned in schools?

Yes it should be totally banned in all public schools in the entire USA..... If parents want to use corporal punishment as a form of discipline then let the parents come to the school and administer the corporal punishment themselves when the child misbehaves....