CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment

Introduction

Corporal punishment, physical discipline or corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain to a person with intent to discipline to change their behavior in a positive direction for the person receiving the discipline. Usually applied, delivering blows with hands or objects. It is also sometimes used to pull parts of the body such as hair or ears.

Corporal punishment has been applied throughout history as a means of education to both children by their parents, as with adults by state authorities. The admissibility of the application and legality, both educational systems and in the legal field has changed over time, usually in a negative way. At present, the overall physical punishment is legally banned in 12% of countries in the world, considering the other countries should not make this practice illegal.

History

The first punishment practices were clearly present in Babylon, the ancient Greece , in Rome , the Ancient Egypt and the Kingdom of Israel , as processes judicial and educational discipline.

Some states gained a reputation for being very cruel punishment. Especially in particular to apply as a method of punishment designed to develop willpower and physical strength. In Rome, the maximum penalty allowed punishment was 40 lashes with a whip, which were applied to the shoulders and backs of convicts, and inflicted in public. Among those who suffered these punishments, the most notable were the queen Boudica in 55 a. C. and Jesus Christ, according to the Bible.

Meanwhile, according to the Bible, God says to punish children physically but with respect and love without causing humiliation and dishonor, showing the child as a last option is to set limits of authority and respect standards. The Bible uses the rod as a symbol of physical discipline (commonplace in Jewish culture), (Proverbs 13:24, 19:18, 22:15, 23:13-14 and 29:15, and indirectly in Hebrews 12:6-7). About the punishment, it is extremely clear that the Bible requires applicants to do so under certain strict conditions, such as in love (1 Corinthians 13:1-8) and with honor, and only when truly necessary for give the child an important lesson (Proverbs 19:18, 29:15, Colossians 3:21 and Hebrews 12:6, 7).

In Medieval Europe, corporal punishment was encouraged by the attitudes of the medieval church towards the human body, with the Flogging a means of self-discipline . In particular, this had a greater influence in schools, employees of the church.

The use of punishment was gradually changing purpose in society from the sixteenth century approx., Going from being a way to educate and set limits and rules, to be a form of humiliation and manipulation of children, slaves and citizens, generating considerable controversy over whether it was valid or not use as a method of education. By losing your goal to be applied with respect and dignity by the victim as a result of a marked contempt of authority, physical punishment lost his true background, causing controversy and philosophical movements (Socolar, 2007).

Obviously corporal punishment was going through a serious and misapplication of physical ...