Corporal Punishment

An essay in connection with International Child Rights

WHAT IS CP?

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines CP as “punishment inflicted on the body, especially by beating”.

According to Wikipedia, CP is the “deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment ”.

It is submitted that these definitions are sufficient for the purposes of this essay.

It is also submitted that as this essay deals with CP on children, it is usually sub-divided into 3 areas which will be loosely referred to hereinbelow as Judicial CP, Educational CP and CP at home.

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(2) 8th Edition 1991 BCA
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_Punishment

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