Singapore/Judicial - September 1980
Jail, cane for Aussie oil driller who pushed drugs
Three years, three strokes for 33-year-old caught with cannabis
Singapore/Judicial - November 1981
Jail and cane for cannabis soldiers
Three strokes each for two NZ lads
Singapore/Judicial - October 1992
Woman picks out rapist from a line-up of masked men
14 years and 15 strokes for previously caned attacker, 32
Man escapes death after murder charge is reduced
26-year-old escapes the gallows, gets 3 years and six strokes of cane instead
High-tech method cracks decade-old burglary case (illustrated)
35-year-old, pictured, has already had 18 strokes, now gets three more
Singapore/Judicial - March 1994
Singapore sentences American to caning
Ohio Youth to Be Flogged in Singapore
Singapore Blasts Back at Clinton in Caning Case
Americans in Singapore condemn caning for teen
Whipping penalty judged too harsh -- by some
A Flogging Sentence Brings a Cry of Pain in U.S.
Travel Advisory -- When in Rome ...
US citizen Michael Fay, 18, sentenced to 4 months, 6 strokes for vandalism
Readers get 'behind' flogging of vandal
99% of columnist's letters have no sympathy for Fay
Singapore/Judicial - April 1994
Fay loses appeal
His acts were relentless and wilful, says Chief Justice
Govt says: Envoy's statement regrettable
US diplomat "should respect Singapore's judicial system"
US senators ask President Ong to grant clemency to Fay
Fay not singled out for special treatment, leaders claim
Singaporean Explains Caning as Means of Punishment
Interview with city-state's former Solicitor-General
Six Lashes
Singapore government spokesman writes Fay's offences were more serious than reported
"Even worse, down there they cut your hair at the airport!" (cartoon)
New York Post comment on the Fay affair
Whip it: Flogging does not merit U.S. intervention
Fay's caning "negligible" in world human rights context, avers columnist
Docs to Singapore: Spare the rod
International physicians plead for Fay's caning to be commuted
Fay to file appeal for clemency by April 20
Michael Fay makes final appeal
What US columnists say about Fay's caning
It's all invectives and not cold logic (with cartoon)
How Singapore press reported American media reaction
CJ: Judge did right in ordering jail, cane for Fay
Chief Justice gives his reasons for turning down Michael Fay's appeal
Cane Fay? It depends on how much you value law and order
Singaporean columnist lambasts US commentators on Fay affair
"That's the last time I go there for spring break!" (cartoon)
By Britt of the News Tribune, reproduced in Newsweek
Flogging for vandal
Hong Kong boy is ordered twice as many cane strokes as his co-accused Fay
Always caning in Singapore
Nothing new, writes Brit colonial, once Changi prison superintendent
Singapore/Judicial - May 1994 (Part I)
'No advance notice' for caning
Not true that prisoner is warned three days ahead of caning, clarifies government
Singapore Reduces American's Sentence (illustrated)
Parents of teen, pictured, are still angry at 4-lash edict
Thrashed with a bamboo rod (illustrated)
British hack's imaginative account of the proceedings
Westchester has little sympathy for Fay
Many US residents think teen deserved lashing for vandalism
Singapore says Fay recovers nicely
Government denies father's claims about boy's condition after caning
Graduate Student's Experience of Singapore
Criticism of Singapore "is hogwash", asserts Indian resident
Singapore/Judicial - May 1994 (Part II)
Rough Justice (illustrated)
ASIAWEEK feature article gives comprehensive rundown of the entire Fay affair, including what is claimed to be a photo of bloody buttocks after (Malaysian) caning
Singapore/Judicial - June 1994
The Road from Singapore (illustrated)
Michael Fay pictured on release from prison
Fay describes caning, seeing resulting scars
"Few streaks of blood" but let's not exaggerate, he says
Larry King Live: Michael Fay Interview
Full text of Fay's TV appearance after his return home
Singapore/Judicial - November 1994
The Other Caning
Why no similar fuss about HK boy's punishment, wonders Asian writer
UK/Schools - January 1976
Schoolgirls get equal chance -- to be caned!
Schoolgirls go on the rampage (illustrated)
All quiet at City trouble school
Tyneside riots after secondary head says both sexes equally liable to corporal punishment
Hands off those girls, teacher
As Belsky see it ... (cartoon)
Tabloid columnist disapproves of CP for girls, plus topical cartoon
Parents back girl caning, says head
Girls, 15, caned for black-eye attack
Canings head backs new code
At another Tyneside school two girls are caned
UK/Schools - March 1976
Caned girl: I didn't deserve it
Head holds teen student down while women teachers cane her buttocks
UK/Illicit - April 1976
Spanker who preys on the village boys
Man thrashes dozens of boys with plimsoll or leather strap
UK/Judicial - August 1976
John Junor: Current Events
Columnist calls for "the swish of the birch" for violent youths
UK/Schools - August 1976
'Super strap' for heads after schoolgirl riot
'Super strap' has a sting
Tyneside schools provided with new heavier strap
UK/Schools - September 1976
Tough head in 'cane the thugs' storm
Off with the kid gloves for school thugs
Yorkshire secondary headmaster brings back the cane; readers applaud
Don't they give a damn for the victims of the bullies?
Abolishing the school cane leaves the weak defenceless, says columnist
UK/Schools - October 1976
Mother protests at school caning (illustrated)
Midlands schoolboy, 11, pictured, says his bottom is still hurting
UK/Schools - November 1976
The classroom terror (illustrated)
Teacher rules OK! (illustrated)
Head who caned girl pupil is cleared
Court case over headmistress, pictured, who caned girl, 14, pictured
Responsibility of headship
Newspaper editorial comments on caning case, says head teachers must be left to get on with the job
UK/Schools - March 1977
Boys give school wine a caning
'Salutary effect on discipline' after six of the best for four
UK/Schools - August 1977
Protest over gym shoe punishment
Scripture teacher's alleged whacking of girls cited by anti-CP campaign
UK/Schools - October 1977
School canes sold through newsagent
GLC bans sex-ad shop canes
Education authority's cane supplier proves embarrassing
UK/Reformatory - November 1977
Caning on the behind favoured
CP for boys and girls reintroduced in Midlands community homes
14 dormitory barricade boys caned
"Disciplined in the usual way" for second disturbance in a month at Merseyside institution
UK/Schools - January 1978
Now then you 'orrible kids! (illustrated)
"Hard but fair" proctor at Kent secondary boys' school is pictured with cane and boys
UK/Schools - March 1978
Pupils face retribution after a brief revolt
Scores of students caned across the country
Pupils caned over meals sit-in
Mass whacking for 24 boys and girls
Police to probe strapping (illustrated)
Four strokes each for 20 Tyneside girls and boys; one 12-year-old recipient pictured
UK/Schools - April 1978
Cane Mutiny: Pupil power kids who defied the head are banned (illustrated)
Seven caned, three (pictured) refuse and are suspended; "should have taken his caning like a man", says one father
UK/Schools - May 1978
Caning for "slap happy" school (illustrated)
Parents back me all the way, says London boys' head; slippered 16-year-old pictured
UK/Schools - July 1978
Canings at road row school
Two high school boys caned for defying headmaster
UK/Schools - October 1978
Ton-up schools top of the form in caning
London schools in CP "league table"
Gymslip caning shocker
London school canes girls every day
Top London caning school is named
Newspaper reveals identity of school where girls and boys get caned every day
UK/Reformatory - March 1979
Caning stays at county school
Committee rejects recommendation that boys' institution should whack only under-16s
UK/Reformatory - November 1980
Storm over caning of girl aged 15
Caned on bottom for running away from institution
UK/Schools - January 1981
Staffroom mole leaks secret of his school's beatings book (illustrated)
Row over Merseyside school that slippered 1,800 boys last year; two recipients pictured
The last day of the cane -- beaten at last (illustrated)
Inner London ban on CP comes into effect; schoolboy is pictured trying to break cane
UK/Schools - February 1981
The Cane Mutiny
Writer not convinced by arguments for abolishing school CP
UK/Schools - March 1981
To beat or not to beat -- that's the question
75% of headmasters want to keep the cane
Rota rebels force return of the cane
Teachers refused to operate detention rota, so CP is back at northern high school
UK/Schools - April 1981
Teachers in storm over the cane king
Striking story from Bognor
STOPP complains about cane ads in teachers' magazine
UK/Reformatory - May 1981
Caning of girls 'worse than in last century'
Controversy over reformatory punishments
UK/Schools - May 1981
No action on teacher in cane row
12-year-old's mother says his buttocks badly bruised after caning for "trivial offence"
UK/Schools - June 1981
Bring back cane is the call
Parents back head who canes boys but not girls
UK/Schools - February 1982
Parents win right to forbid school caning (with video clip)
Human Rights Court upholds parental consent requirement
UK/Schools - November 1982
Caning check at private school
Government probes claims of excessive corporal punishment at boarding school
UK/Schools - December 1982
Crikey chaps! What's happened to dear old Bunter?
Traditionalist outrage as Billy Bunter books updated
Ban sales of caning game, say teachers
STOPP publicity stunt over jokey board game for kids
UK/Schools - July 1983
Schools high in beating league
Punishment book statistics are revealed for a Tyneside education authority
UK/Schools - February 1986
"Please rescue me from school"
Ten-year-old "got six whallops, pants down"
UK/Schools - May 1986
Anger over 60 canings at Kinnock's old school
One in six boys whacked at South Wales comprehensive
UK/Schools - July 1987
Caning storm head is cleared (illustrated)
13-year-old shows alleged bruises on bottom, pictured, after 5-stroke caning
UK/Schools - August 1987
Cripes! - They're swiping caning for six (illustrated)
Arthur Marshall "remembers when beatings were good for you", recalls era of Billy Bunter, pictured
UK/Judicial - December 1987
Resign call as Anderton urges flogging
Police chief calls for judicial CP
UK/Illicit - September 1992
Boss spanked "naughty" girls
Nursing home boss put teenage staff members over his knee
UK/Schools - November 1992
Public schoolboy awarded £8,000 for caning ordeal (illustrated)
Youth now 25, pictured, describes 4-stroke whacking at age 15
UK/Judicial - January 1993
Birch these thugs who prey on our old folk
Tabloid paper mounts campaign to bring back judicial c.p.
UK/Judicial - February 1993
I quit Bench because the law's gone soft
Magistrate resigns, recalls effectiveness of birch
UK/Judicial - March 1993
The law must never be a laughing matter
Crime policy has failed, so bring back the birch, says retired senior judge
UK/Schools - April 1994
Scars of Weal Life
Columnist, bemused by 'popular enthusiasm for flogging', recalls his school whackings
Welcome to the Birch Society
"Well-Caned Brit" describes his schooldays, offers "timely tips for Michael Fay"
UK/Schools - May 1994
Cane-makers see bottom fall out of their market (illustrated)
Cane factory will make them no more; employee is pictured with typical product
Where to send your child to school if you want them beaten (illustrated)
Map of few remaining caning schools; Chenevix-Trench saga regurgitated
UK/Judicial - December 1994
Judge stands by his call for caning
Bring back judicial CP for young offenders, he says
UK/Illicit - July 1995
Spank girl couldn't sit for 2 days
Lecturer jailed after spanking and paddling student, 30
US/Schools - April 1977
Ruling Carries Clout To Kids (illustrated)
After Ingraham v. Wright, Florida elementary students, pictured, relate their paddlings
Beat him when he sneezes (with cartoon)
Magazine comment on Supreme Court judgment
US/Schools - September 1977
School Lets Mom Spank Daughter
Mom of Paddled Girl Plans Petition Fight
Student Gets Her Spanking (illustrated)
Mother, pictured with strap used, whacks daughter, 15, pictured, in principal's office, after dispute over paddling
US/Schools - September 1978
Principal Reprimanded for Paddling
14 Louisiana boys paddled in each others' presence
Florida Principal Who Spanked 71 Boys Loses Position
Every sixth-grade boy in the school got three whacks
US/Schools - February 1979
Student Hits Idabel Principal
Oklahoma 13-year-old retaliates after paddling
Police Probe Paddling Of Tampa 7th Grader
Punishment was not excessive, say Florida school dean and secretary
Spare the rod? Not in Indiana
Paddle swats for 10,962 students in 1976, survey finds
US/Schools - October 1979
Spanking Termed a Little Mistake
Two licks for Georgia 7th-grader when teacher misreads consent form
US/Illicit - November 1979
Spanking Banker Paddles Way to Jail
Bank manager paddled more than 50 customers; effective way of getting tardy loan payments, he says
US/Schools - November 1979
Guidelines on school spankings (illustrated)
Paddling returns to Los Angeles; school board member is pictured pretending to be paddled
Parents Suing Alex Principal
NC sixth-grader's school spanking alleged too severe
US/Schools - January 1980
Purely Personal
OH editor calls for "a good butt beating" for spoiled brats
US/Schools - February 1980
Heads may deliver caning [sic] only with pupils' consent
Los Angeles reintroduces corporal punishment in schools
US/Schools - March 1981
Mechanicville school board to drop corporal punishment
Paddling abolished by a NY district
US/Schools - May 1981
Principal defends discipline
Fuss after GA elementary school allows father to spank fourth-grade boy in front of several classes
US/Schools - September 1981
Basketball Coach Quits Amid Spanking Charges
Row over swats for players at CA high school
US/Schools - October 1981
School Beauty Queen is Paddled for Kissing
OK homecoming queen and her escort broke no-kiss rule at ceremony
US/Schools - November 1981
Corporal Punishment Eliminated (illustrated)
St Louis MO gets rid of its rattan, pictured
Paddling Increases In Miami Schools
CP cases up by 27% on year; local paddling rules quoted
US/Schools - February 1982
Paddlings Defended
8,600 paddlings in one Florida district
Principal right in paddling teen, jury says
Fighting boys chose whacks instead of call to parents
US/Reformatory - July 1982
Judge bans whipping at Pryor state home
No more spanking or paddling at OH institution
US/Schools - August 1982
Spankings Almost Outlawed
Parents in Virginia district may now exempt kids from paddle
US/Schools - September 1982
Look out, bad girls! Licks legal
OK school district does U-turn: high school girls may now be spanked
Is "First reading" new phrase?
OK newspaper scathing about school board's U-turn over paddling girls
Principal paddles football players
'Most of the team whipped' in Alabama junior high school
US/Schools - October 1982
States News Roundup
New York State moves towards banning corporal punishment in public schools
US/Schools - November 1982
Swett district bans spanking
A school board in CA abolishes c.p. by 4 votes to 3
Educator Cites Need for School Paddling
PA school district official agrees, and says his schools use it
Northwest parent seeks corporal punishment ban
OK mother starts anti-paddling group
US/Schools - December 1982
Spanking probe meeting slated
OK student, 12, claims bruises from two-swat paddling
Teachers Union Head Urges Restoration of Spankings
One year after St Louis bans rattan there are "unbelievable discipline problems", she claims
To Spank or Not to Spank, That Is the Question
Campaign opens to ban paddling in OK schools
US/Schools - March 1983
Piedmont schools change discipline policy
Piedmont's schools revise spanking policy
Schools need right to punish
Student must sign form accepting paddling in OK district; local paper not impressed
US/Schools - April 1983
Parents demand hand in permitting school spanking
Florida parents express concern
US/Schools - May 1983
Half don't give permission to paddle
67% "yes" among parents who replied in Illinois district
Lax-discipline plaints heard
Schools too frightened of lawsuits to maintain order, say OK teachers
US/Schools - October 1983
High-School Football: Playing for Keeps
'Six hard whacks on buttocks' is the norm from Texas coach
US/Schools - January 1984
Paddling furiously
Overview of US school CP situation from British perspective
US/Reformatory - February 1984
Spanking Probe Clears Children's Home
1 Youth to Return to Home; Fate of 7 Others Unknown
Boys at OK home are spanked, but authorities reject complaint
US/Schools - March 1984
Paddling down in Dade schools
C.p. statistics quoted for schools in Miami, FL, area
US/Schools - April 1984
Seattle schools ban spanking
No more paddling in Seattle WA
US/Schools - September 1984
30 children paddled at school for failing to bring watercolors
Some parents upset at Texas elementary school's mass whacking
US/Schools - October 1984
Paddled Student's Tale of Pain (illustrated)
Coverage of Shelly Gaspersohn's Senate testimony; picture of Shelly and her mother
L.A. school board puts end to swat teams
CP bites the dust in Los Angeles
Paddle Ban Revives Trauma of Youth
Texas humorist recalls paddle-happy principal
The Debate: Spanking in Schools
USA Today debates the issue with columns for and against
US/Schools - November 1984
Schools' Discipline To Retain Spanking
Oklahoma boy's bottom bruised but paddle stays
US/Schools - January 1985
Principal Arrested in Paddling Case
17-year-old girl student bruised after school spanking for smoking
US/Schools - April 1985
Manvel group opposes paddling
TX coach paddles boy, mother complains his bottom bruised
US/Schools - May 1985
AISD backs accused teacher
TX district says boy's paddling was in line with policy
US/Schools - September 1985
School settles Estes Park spanking suit
Legal sequel to paddling for two CO boys in 1981
Texas tradition of paddling may deserve another look
Local paper suggests school c.p. could be abandoned
US/Schools - October 1985
Anti-Swats Group Forms
NM father upset after 17-year-old daughter paddled
Teacher convicted in paddling incident
Illinois teacher in trouble after giving boy 24 paddle licks
US/Schools - November 1985
Principal broadcasts paddling to schools
Officials to investigate after WV 12-year-old's punishment transmitted over intercom
Spare the Rod and Spoil the School?
Corporal punishment outlawed in New York, but no nationwide trend
US/Schools - February 1986
Schools inconsistent on paddling policies
"Thousands of paddlings" at some schools in Houston TX
US/Schools - March 1986
Cullen school paddling common
Paddlings spur warnings to teachers
'Better to get a pop'
Most wanted paddlings, teacher says
Paddling "a way of life" at TX middle school
US/Schools - April 1986
Corporal punishment: is it discipline or violence?
Christian Science Monitor takes soundings pro and con
US/Schools - June 1986
100 Vero Pupils Pick Paddling Over Suspension
Mass whacking at Florida junior high school for skipping detention
US/Schools - August 1986
School Board votes to end policy allowing corporal punishment
Minneapolis principals may no longer spank
US/Domestic - September 1986
Bring Back the Hickory Stick
Columnist bemoans serious decline in kids' public behaviour, calls for revival of school and home whippings
US/Schools - September 1986
Bill prohibits teacher from hitting students
Final demise of school paddling in California
US/Schools - November 1986
Knox students paddled for minor infractions
Daily occurrence in Tennessee schools; 'less serious than detention'
US/Schools - December 1986
Spare the rod or not?
Educators line up on both sides of debate; Pennsylvania schools' policies quoted
US/Schools - February 1987
Pupil paddling ban urged (illustrated)
Maryland legislators debate; witness brandishes paddle, pictured
Policy makes paddling easier
Tennessee administrators want educators to spank more often
Raymond: Public seems to favor paddling
Houston schools retain CP after 'overwhelming' parental support
Corporal punishment not used much locally (illustrated)
Untested claim by Ohio district officials
House Education Bill Eases Paddling Rules
West Virginia schools would no longer have to give 12-hour cooling-off period
Parents, teachers favor corporal punishment
Public consultation on school paddling in Houston TX
US/Schools - April 1987
School offers option on paddling, running
Texas junior high students choose between "pops" and "bear crawls"
US/Schools - May 1987
Bill would ban school punishment
Move to abolish paddling in MI
School officials asked for explanation in wake of paddling complaint
Woodlands junior high changes 'pops' policy
Texas school in trouble over "pops or bear crawl" choice
Lawsuit claims paddling of boy was too severe (illustrated)
Georgia boy, 12, pictured with family, had bruised backside after discipline from sports coach
US/Schools - July 1987
A Teacher Ever Punish You Physically? (illustrated)
Adults (pictured), questioned in California street, recall school paddlings
Paddlers heading for rough waters
Teachers using c.p. are increasingly being taken to court
US/Schools - September 1987
Ga. groups want school paddling law repealed
Opponents attempt to whip up campaign against corporal punishment
US/Schools - November 1987
Spare the rod, save your hide
Columnist contemplates school paddling issue
US/Schools - December 1987
No consistency on paddling
KY editorialist takes state to task
US/Schools - January 1988
Should corporal punishment be banned from the schools?
Vox pop in Alabama
US/Prisons - March 1988
Why is it that we can paddle pupils but not prisoners?
Inmates need spanking too, argues TX columnist
US/Schools - March 1988
Should we keep paddling students? Yes: For some, nothing else works
TX writer feels c.p. an important tool for schools
US/Schools - April 1988
Littleton schools make spanking ban official
No spankings in CO district for previous 15 years anyway
Principals, Paddles and Power
Humorist sits in on conference of 8,000 school principals
US/Schools - October 1988
Choctaw Bans Spankings in Schools
School board in OK ignores wishes of teachers and principals
US/Schools - December 1988
Black Students Spanked, Suspended More, Report Says
16% of students receive 31% of paddlings
US/Schools - January 1989
Undercover officer paddled in school tardiness crackdown
25-year-old Dallas drug cop, posing as schoolboy, takes his licks
HRS Told To Take Principals Off Hit List
Proper school paddling is not child abuse, FL judge rules
US/Schools - February 1989
Senate panel urged to curtail spanking in Texas schools
Panel OKs bill regulating paddlings
Discussion of bill to require parental consent
US/Schools - March 1989
High court lets stand state law allowing paddling in schools
Failure of lawsuit on behalf of paddled TX girls
US/Schools - July 1989
Norman Schools to Try Corporal Punishment Ban
Experimental year-long moratorium on paddling in an OK district
US/Schools - August 1989
Paddling Ban on School Board Agenda
Child Abuse Office Funds CP Conference
Jefferson Students Keep Paddle Busy
Oklahoma City debates future of school CP; one school gave 510 paddlings in the year
Corporal punishment should not be banned
Former teacher argues case for keeping the paddle
US/Schools - September 1989
Bellmon Declines to Take Stand on Corporal Punishment
OK Governor sits on fence
Schoolteacher contests abuse charge after spanking pupil
Texas principal under fire after giving 13-year-old a whacking
US/Schools - November 1989
Student told to take 'swats' before returning to school
TX school at odds with parents over spanking for 11-year-old
US/Schools - December 1989
School Board Bans Corporal Punishment
Oklahoma City first district in OK to retire the paddle for good
Permission to paddle: How do you feel about corporal punishment?
Bill in Georgia proposes c.p. ban for up to 8th grade; range of opinions canvassed
US/Schools - February 1990
Action on Spanking Called Inadequate
Oklahoma City teacher disciplined for breaking new no-paddling rule
US/Schools - March 1990
Georgia educators struck by success of schools that no longer spank
State-sponsored workshop on alternatives to corporal punishment
US/Schools - April 1990
Pearl school superintendent finds no violation in paddling
MS junior high teacher cleared of using excessive force after paddled boy's mother complains
US/Schools - December 1990
Paddling Dropped 60 Percent In County This Year
Spankings under fire in a Florida district; local statistics provided
US/Schools - January 1991
State debate to ban spanking rages on
Proposal to end corporal punishment in Washington State schools
US/Schools - February 1991
Bill to Abolish Spanking in Schools Faces Opposition in Legislature
Panel Sends OK No-Spanking Measure Home for Session
US/Prisons - March 1991
Corporal punishment bill gets cool response
Texas legislator wants flogging for prison inmates
US/Schools - March 1991
Measure against corporal punishment takes a licking
TX bill to ban school paddling dies in committee
Junior High Teacher Faces Assault Count
Parent complains 16-year-old was paddled excessively; conflicting evidence over state of his rear end
US/Schools - April 1991 
Let Teachers Spank, Dixon Urges (illustrated)
District's Mayor Taken to Task on Student Spanking
No Corporal Punishment
Mayor of Washington DC, pictured, calls for restoration of school CP
School Spanking: It Hurts
Columnist uneasy about DC mayor's paddling call
Mayor Dixon and the Spanking Issue
Letter-writers divided over school CP
US/Schools - July 1991
Spanking Ban Voted Down
Oklahoma school board votes to keep paddling
US/Schools - October 1991
Two students choose the paddle over parent conference (illustrated)
Journalist gets to watch boys' punishment; principal is pictured with paddle
US/Reformatory - May 1992
Attorney blasts church camp 'raid' (illustrated)
Idaho sheriff accused of hounding reformatory; paddle, pictured, found on premises
US/Schools - June 1992
Board Delays Change in Policy
New rules in southwest OK district would subject paddling to parental veto
Small Town Will Advertise for Students
Remote NM paddling school invites out-of-state applicants
US/Schools - August 1992
Utah Rules Out Spanking in Public Schools
State Board of Education steps in with ban after legislature backed away
The Bottom Line on Spanking Kids
University professor backs thwacking to induce respect
US/Schools - September 1992
Putnam City Swats Ban
Oklahoma's fourth largest school district will carry on whacking
US/Schools - October 1992
Most Districts Not Spanking
Detailed survey of OK districts' c.p. policies
US/Schools - January 1993
Only 151 in 568 State Schools Use Spanking
Survey in OK finds corporal punishment declining
Educators Debate Tools of Discipline
Debate over banning CP in Oklahoma; statistics quoted
US/Schools - March 1993
Schools Should Wield the Paddling Option
State should leave well alone, let local districts decide, says FL writer
US/Schools - June 1993
Walton County Spares Neither Rod Nor Child
Highest paddling rate in Florida
Schools Taking the Paddle Out of Discipline
But some principals still view corporal punishment as more effective than any lecture
US/Schools - July 1993
Katy ISD ends paddling as acceptable discipline
A Texas school district bans c.p.
US/Schools - September 1993
Illinois Part Of Trend Against Spanking Pupils
No more paddling in IL public schools
US/Schools - November 1993
Fewer Swats Wins State Recognition
Oklahoma praised for reduction in number of school paddlings
US/Schools - December 1993
School Paddlings Going Out of Style
... in central Oklahoma, at least, says local paper
US/Schools - February 1994
Florida committee refuses paddling ban
Carry on whacking, Senate committee tells schools
School Officials Stall Ban On Punishment
Failure of attempts to stop school paddling in Missouri
Proposed law takes aim at paddling
Florida contemplates abolition
US/Judicial - March 1994
Some swift corporal punishment for criminals
Rabbi says let's consider flogging
US/Schools - March 1994
Little paddling won't hurt
Let parents decide, urges writer
US/Judicial - April 1994
Sore Subject: Does Caning Hurt Juvenile or Society More?
Singapore case raises idea of introducing caning in USA
Punishing offenders: Perhaps US can learn from Singapore
Father Monty supports Singapore in wake of Fay affair
Our View: Don't copy Singapore
Opposing View: Bring back the birch
USA Today debates crime and punishment
Six Lashes In Singapore
Controversy isn't about Singapore at all, it's about America -- columnist
Sun line flooded by calls in support of flogging
The Caning
Readers' views on the idea of JCP in USA
Bring back caning in US
Ed Koch, former NY mayor, supports judicial CP in USA
US/Schools - April 1994
Granite Father Files Suit In Son's School Paddling
OK fifth-grader had to take painkillers for bruised posterior, claims father
US/Judicial - May 1994
Bring back the switch
Reintroduce JCP to help communities under siege from criminals, pleads writer
State Assembly Candidate Wants to Whip Criminals' Butts, Then Castrate Them
Tough punishment has a role in society, says Calif. Chinese-American
Vegan tries to whip up a cane business (illustrated)
Entrepreneur, pictured with consignment of Singapore canes, sells them in USA
A call for justice, Singapore-style
Sacramento, Calif. councilman musters support for paddling vandals in public
US/Schools - May 1994
Students paddled twice as often
1,326 paddlings for 750 students in one Ohio district
US/Illicit - June 1994
Swat Leads to Discrimination Complaint Against Professor
CSUF Bars Paddling Professor From Classes
Black Student Sues White Prof He Says Spanked Him
California State University student, 23, paddled by elderly professor
US/Judicial - June 1994
Bamboo canes on sale
Philadelphia company selling Singapore replicas for 4 dollars each
Conroy Wants Paddle Opinion Reconsidered
Panel OKs Paddling for Graffiti Vandalism
Graffiti-Spanking Bill Clears Committee
California move to introduce judicial corporal punishment
Paddling teens for graffiti urged
JCP proposal by councilman in San Antonio, TX
US/Judicial - July 1994
The Pros, Cons of Paddling for Graffiti Taggers
CA courtroom spanking idea is hotly debated
US/Schools - July 1994
Spankings benefit students
Commentator berates anti-paddle brigade
US/Illicit - August 1994
State Rejects Student's Claim in CSUF Spanking Incident
Student agreed to drop his pants for professorial rulering
US/Judicial - August 1994
Bill to Paddle Graffiti Vandals Dies in Tie Vote
Lawmakers Reject Paddling Bill
Caning Proposal Touched a Raw Nerve
CA judicial corporal punishment effort narrowly fails
US/Schools - November 1994
Afro-American perspective on school CP
Nashville, Tenn. middle school paddles 208 students
US/Schools- January 1995
Conroy Files Bill To Allow The Paddling Of Students
Proposal is designed to undo a 1986 ban on school CP in California
US/Illicit - February 1995
Cal State Fullerton Graduate Files Suit Over Spanking
Spanked black student claims racism
US/Judicial - February 1995
Caning for Tennessee Criminals Is Proposed
Up to 15 lashes on the courthouse steps for vandals and burglars
Justice With an Iron Fist (illustrated)
Tennessee judge, pictured, orders paddling for 18-year-old defendant
Miss. House OKs Beating Criminals
Bill for MS judicial flogging goes forward
Americans Think Prisoners Need a Good Caning
Six states are considering judicial CP
Tennessee legislator considers caning
Bill would allow public whackings for vandalism
US/Schools - February 1995
Spanking Ban for Schools
Missouri politicians contemplate outlawing CP
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah board extends use of paddling
Texas school district reinstates corporal punishment
Readin', Writin', Hittin'
Illegal "corporal punishment" on the increase in New York State
US/Judicial - March 1995
US moves to regain whip hand on crime
Moves to restore corporal punishment in CA, NY, TN, MS.....
Movement for caning in U.S. beginning to be taken seriously
Growing pressure for JCP across the land
Is Caning A Maryland Option?
Another judicial CP proposal
US/Illicit - May 1995
Bronx Scoutmaster Accused of Paddling Boys in His Club
Whackings were for initiation into private club
US/Judicial - June 1995
Guards at Mall Escape Flogging Indictment
Nation of Islam black-on-black caning for thieves in TX welcomed by shopkeepers and residents
US/Schools - June 1995
Corporal punishment's revival reflects nation's conservative shift
Southern schools rethink sparing the rod
US/Judicial - July 1995
Paddling Is Constitutional, Lungren Says
Too Cruel for Cons but Not for Kids?
CA law boss decides judicial paddling would not be 'cruel and unusual'
US/Schools - July 1995
Student Spankings OK'd
AL Governor to sign bill backing teachers who paddle
US/Schools - August 1995
Teachers told not to spare the rod
Alabama passes law encouraging schools to dust off their paddles
Don't Spare the Rod
Letter-writer astonished at suggestion that Alabama should emulate New York
No pay for spanking
Tennessee teacher in trouble after irregular punishment of 13-year-old
US/Judicial - September 1995
Judge Whipping
18-year-old receives bare-buttock strapping in South Carolina courtroom
US/Schools - December 1995
Is paddling on its way back?
Rules and practice in several states compared