AUSTRALIA
Australia/Domestic - February 2004
Discipline isn't enough (illustrated)
Baumrind child-rearing research summarised; posed photo of paternal spanking
Australia/Judicial - March 2004
MP willing to be caned to get corporal punishment back
Politician campaigning for return of judicial cane or birch
Australia/Domestic - May 2004
Teen beaten over letters
15-year-old girl strapped by father
Australia/Illicit - August 2004
Slap-happy doctor spanked teenage girl
Fined after punishing employee, 17
Australia/Schools - September 2004
Review may ban strap in schools
Victoria, where CP in public schools is already illegal, may extend ban to private schools
Coalition in call to bring back the cane
Politicians wonder if abolition was an over-reaction
BARBADOS
Barbados/Schools - August 2004
All for licks
Minister of Education agrees to recommendation to retain corporal punishment in schools
'Licking' for discipline
Columnist agrees that flogging is necessary but says it must be done in a controlled manner
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - January 2004
Another crack-down against illegal immigrants
State Orders Probe in Flogging Incident
100 immigrants from Zimbabwe given 3 strokes of cane each
Chief calls for longer jail terms for stockthieves
And there must be corporal punishment to discipline youth, he says
Botswana/Schools - January 2004
Reintroduction of corporal punishment welcome
MP says that school heads will be empowered to cane
Botswana/Judicial - February 2004
Zim ambassador concerned about 'Xmas' remarks
Diplomatic row over mass caning of Zimbabwean illegals
Migrants' Rights Grossly Violated
Zimbabwe press takes dim view of public floggings
Botswana/Judicial - May 2004
Sechele elders to cane criminals
Village meeting decides on corporal punishment for juvenile delinquents
Zims prefer the whip to prison court, president says (illustrated)
It's not only Zimbabweans who are caned, say authorities; round-up of illegal immigrants is pictured
Botswana/Schools - May 2004
Parents order whipping of Masunga SSS students
Five lashes each for senior boys after parental consultation
Administer corporal punishment with consideration
School caning administered too liberally and arbitrarily, says letter-writer
Botswana/Judicial - June 2004
Man Receives Strokes For Stealing From Score (illustrated)
Shoplifter, pictured with trousers off being escorted by court official, is let off with caning only, as he has no previous convictions
Botswana/Judicial - August 2004
Moatlhodi lands in trouble over figures
Bill in Parliament gives magistrates power to order caning
Zim condemns 'primitive' flogging
Neighbouring Zimbabwe still whingeing about its nationals getting the cane
Botswana Proposes More Flogging, Less Jail
Wider powers sought to cane male offenders under 40
Botswana defends flogging thieves
Further exchange in diplomatic row with Zimbabwe
Swift justice: Is flogging in Africa out-dated?
Divided views in BBC poll
Corporal Punishment is Not the Answer
Human rights body is against CP, opposes new bill
Botswana/Judicial - September 2004
Court president defends flogging
Most effective way of curbing crime for men under 40, he says
Court jails Makgophana man to three years for indecent assault
And four strokes of the cane for 33-year-old
Botswana/Judicial - October 2004
Robber's hopes of returning to class dashed
10 years' jail and 24 strokes of the light cane each for two, aged 18 and 20
Botswana/Judicial - November 2004
Mogae to officially hand Seepapitso to Bangwaketse
Paramount chief says he'll administer CP to wayward youth to keep them out of prison
Botswana/Schools - November 2004
Research blames corporal punishment for school drop-outs
University researcher complains about stick-wielding teachers
Botswana/Judicial - December 2004
Penal Code (Amendment) Bill discriminatory - MPs
'Garden boy' remark attracts MP's attention
Inclusion of females might lead to tampering with the Constitution
Parliament discusses extension of judicial caning
A Botswana chief of a different gender
Female tribal chief says she frequently orders caning of offenders
To flog or not to flog women?
Debate rages over possible inclusion of females in new JCP law
BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - January 2004
7 years, 12 strokes for ex-army man
Heavy punishment for robber, 24
Jail, Strokes For Thieving Malaysian Youth
Three years and 3 strokes of cane for 19-year-old housebreaker
Brunei/Judicial - February 2004
Brunei Imposes Caning On Immigration Offenders
Follows Singapore and Malaysia in extending JCP to immigration offences
Thai gets whipping under new act (illustrated)
44-year-old, pictured, is first to be caned under new immigration law
Huge crowds at Royal leadership exhibition (illustrated)
Yet another whipping demonstration is pictured - and this time visitors get the chance to try their hand
Brunei/Judicial - March 2004
Teen gets 6 months, 2 strokes of cane
17-year-old stole to get money for drugs
Six immigration offenders await whipping (illustrated)
Illegal immigrants are pictured being rounded up in raid
Foreigners whipped for illegal entry
Two twentysomethings get three strokes each
Indonesian jailed, caned for string of offences
15 strokes for burglar, 36
Brunei/Judicial - April 2004
Fifty Days Grace From Caning For Illegal Immigrants In Brunei
After 12 June they will get three strokes of the rattan
Brunei/Judicial - May 2004
Anti-drug talk at Dato Basir Primary School (illustrated)
Schoolkids, pictured, made to watch caning of dummy, pictured
Anti-drug talk at Sekolah Rendah Pulaie (illustrated)
Yet another caning demonstration, pictured
Caning To Be Enforced In Two Weeks Time
Overstaying foreigners reminded to get out of the country or receive three strokes of the cane
Brunei/Judicial - June 2004
Midnight raid nets offenders (illustrated)
Illegal immigrants are pictured being rounded up; two sentenced immediately to caning
Cane Locals Abusing Immigration Laws As Well Say Lawyers
Three months' jail and three strokes each for two
India and Pakistan protest as Brunei flogs migrant workers
Caning of illegal immigrants causes diplomatic flap
PR gets 10 years, caning for theft
Thief aged 29, with 12 previous convictions, also gets 12 strokes of the cane
Brunei/Schools - June 2004
Call to stop harsh penalty in schools
Education ministry says corporal punishment no longer tolerated
Brunei/Judicial - August 2004
Jail, cane for assaulting policeman
Three strokes plus jail and fine for 22-year-old
Foreign fugitive caught napping at squatter house (illustrated)
40-year-old illegal immigrant, pictured, gets a year's jail and three strokes of the cane
Brunei/Judicial - September 2004
3 foreigners netted in raids
Three strokes of cane for illegal immigrant, 30
Brunei/Judicial - November 2004
Indian Overstayer Jailed And Caned
25-year-old gets three strokes of the cane
Sex offenders face tough new laws
Up to 24 rattan strokes for certain offences
Brunei/Judicial - December 2004
Child Kidnapper Gets Seven Years And Three Strokes
Caning for 38-year-old who abducted small girl
Malaysian Man Jailed And Caned For Smuggling Meat
Three strokes for illegal immigrant, 20
Tough new laws for deterring human traffickers
Whipping now specified for numerous further offences
CANADA
Canada/Domestic - January 2004
Top court upholds spanking law (with cartoon)
Spanking ruling correct compromise
"Don't forget to keep it transitory and trifling!" (cartoon)
Spanking new
La Cour suprême permet la fessée, mais trouve déraisonable de frapper un enfant à la tête! (cartoon)
Supreme court judgment on spanking, and reactions to it
Canada/Schools - January 2004
The Day I Was Whacked
Columnist recalls getting the strap in the 1960s
Ban hits home with educators
Implications of new court ruling for school strapping
Canada/Domestic - February 2004
Spanking poll backs ruling
Applause for court decision on spanking
Supreme court's "carry on spanking, within reason" judgment seems to be popular
Canada/Schools - February 2004
Supreme Court takes strap out of teachers' hands
Alberta school boards still using CP will have to change their policies
Canada/Domestic - March 2004
Smacking adults
Columnist welcomes court's OK for parental spanking
Canada/Illicit - August 2004
Manitoba parents seek end to hazings
Ninth-grade boys paddled on buttocks; 'School Daze' film blamed
Canada/Schools - November 2004
Peace Wapiti scraps strap
Last district in Alberta to abolish CP
DOMINICA
Dominica/Schools - June 2004
Dominica Urged To Stop Child Corporal Punishment
Critical report from UN committee
FIJI
Fiji/Schools - June 2004
Retirees back corporal punishment
Retired teachers call for reinstatement of school CP
Fiji/Schools - August 2004
Teacher beats 30 students
Parents complain of illegal punishment
Teachers address rights
Teachers' union warns members against using CP
Fiji/Judicial - October 2004
Ten years for robbery
And six strokes of the cane for 25-year-old
Prisoners receive stroke: Taoka
Caning is necessary to control crime, says Prison Commissioner
GHANA
Ghana/Schools - June 2004
Banning of corporal punishment has contributed to indiscipline
Bring it back, say parents
Ghana/Schools - December 2004
Re-introduce corporal punishment in schools -- opinion leaders
Chiefs and citizens' representatives want caning brought back to instil discipline
GUYANA
Guyana/Schools - March 2004
St Margaret's teacher 'sternly warned' for beating pupil
She beat six-year-old on numerous occasions
Corporal punishment in schools
Ministry's handling of CP allegations "nothing short of disgraceful"
Minister should clarify declaration she signed on corporal punishment
Reader puts questions about school canings
Here is what they're saying
Members of the public speak up for school CP
Guyana/Schools - April 2004
A manual of guidelines for the maintenance of discipline has been distributed to all schools
Government sets out rules for corporal punishment
Guyana/Schools - June 2004
Keep corporal punishment in schools -- workshop
'National Workshop on Discipline without Beating' decides CP should be retained
Christian forum urges retention of corporal punishment in schools
But it must be lovingly and sparingly applied
Thy rod and staff discomfort me
Teachers lament breakdown in discipline
INDIA
India/Schools - January 2004
Spare the rod, says draft law
Legislation being prepared to ban school CP throughout India
India/Schools - February 2004
HC strikes gavel against school caning
CP banned in West Bengal state schools
Order on child caning hailed
Prohibition "welcomed by students, teachers and parents"
Bill banning caning in schools is ready
School CP ban for the whole of India is in the works
Corporal punishment: Parents to move court
Headmistress to be sued for CP of whole class
India/Judicial - July 2004
Man flogged publicly for sexual assault on daughter
Unofficial village court decides on summary punishment
India/Schools - September 2004
No corporal punishment in schools
Caning is now a no-no in Orissa ....
Sparing the rod in West Bengal
.... and in and around Calcutta
IRELAND
Ireland/Schools - November 2004
School fury over beatings 'slur' forces McFadden video recall (illustrated)
Pop hit refers to being beaten by Christian Brothers, but singer (pictured) was aged only 2 when CP was abolished
JAMAICA
Jamaica/Judicial - June 2004
Chewing gum and other sticking points in the quest for law and order (with cartoon)
Writer ponders Singapore-style solution to crime wave; cartoon of public flogging
Jamaica/Schools - August 2004
Always learning, still teaching
Education consultant, a highly respected intellectual, supports caning of difficult schoolboys
KENYA
Kenya/Schools - May 2004
Ps Decries Abuse in Schools
Corporal punishment still being meted out despite government ban, claims official
Kenya/Schools - June 2004
Tension grips school after stand off
Headmistress is "noted for caning" at embattled girls' school
Kenya/Schools - July 2004
State Urged to Lift Ban On Caning
Politician says abolition has occasioned gross misconduct and indiscipline
Kenya/Schools - August 2004
Bring Back the Rod And Save the Child
Newspaper editorial joins in clamour for return of school CP
Return of the Cane is Ruled Out
Government is adamant and says teachers flouting caning ban will be prosecuted
Rethink the Ban on Caning
Newspaper editorialist calls for compromise of humane CP
Kenya/Schools - November 2004
Students Protest Caning in School
Their whip marks show CP still in use although legally banned
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - January 2004
Caning mulled for illegal bike racers
Police are studying proposal
Former driver jailed for rape in bus (illustrated)
34-year-old, pictured, jailed for 12 years and ordered to receive 7 strokes of the cane
Cane and deportation for 168 illegals (illustrated)
161 men, some of whom pictured, will all receive a stroke of the cane
Divided on public flogging
Different views on proposal to flog child rapists in public
Security Guard Gets 20 Years' Jail, 24 Strokes For Rape Of Nurul Huda (illustrated)
47-year-old, pictured, sentenced in case which outraged the nation
'Make rape-related laws more effective'
Former Court of Appeal President doesn't support public flogging
Public flogging for sex offenders has its merits
It would have to be shown on TV, writes commentator
Amended law coming into effect soon to whip senior citizen rapists
No more immunity from caning for men over 50
Malaysia/Judicial - February 2004
Mixed reaction to caning move
Proposal to cane rapists over 50 is controversial
Auxiliary constable jailed 40 years for incest (illustrated)
His brother, 39, pictured, gets 16 years plus six strokes of rotan
Africans in 'black money scam' jailed
And both to be whipped once
Malaysia/Schools - February 2004
School Discipline: Sarawak School Shows The Better Way (illustrated)
Caning school, pictured, is role model
Malaysia/Judicial - March 2004
54 years and 24 strokes for rapist dad
49-year-old raped daughter 16 times
Ex-convict gets the maximum (illustrated)
20 years and 24 strokes of the cane for rapist, 26, pictured, already jailed and whipped previously
Rotan and jail for ex-cop guilty of sodomy (illustrated)
27-year-old, pictured, gets 23 years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane
Malaysia/Schools - March 2004
Spare the rod?
80 per cent of teachers agree that persistent troublemakers in school should be caned
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2004
Can the law curb rape cases?
Differing views on introducing public caning
Teenager gets 12 years and six strokes for rape (illustrated)
Boy, 19, pictured, had sex with 13-year-old girl
Man with drugs escapes death
38-year-old has served jail sentence but must return to prison to receive 10 strokes of rotan
Indonesian jailed 10 years for illegal firearm (illustrated)
26-year-old, pictured, also gets three strokes of rotan
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2004
36 years' jail, 20 strokes rotan for sodomising two children
Heavy penalty for 21-year-old who attacked young boys
Cabby gets rotan, 20 years for rape (illustrated)
Eight strokes for 30-year-old, pictured, who attacked young woman in back seat of his taxi
100 foreigners jailed for illegal entry (illustrated)
Of whom 86 men, some pictured, also sentenced to a stroke of the cane each
Man gets 36 years and whipping for raping 15-year-old girl (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, has three-stroke caning increased to nine strokes on appeal
45 years' jail for attempted rape (illustrated)
Man, 47, pictured, also to receive nine strokes of the rotan
Whipping Demo In Schools To Instil Awareness Among Students -- Noh
Prison department embarks on caning roadshow
Indon gets 54 years for rape (illustrated)
Lorry driver, 33, pictured, also to receive 15 strokes of the rotan
Striking fear into hearts of most hardened criminals
'Flogging Officer Number 1' talks about his job
Caning demonstrations: Loud and clear message (illustrated)
Students are shown whipping of dummy, pictured
Students get a 'painful' lesson on crime (illustrated)
Another picture of caning demonstration in progress
Two padi farmers jailed for raping underage girl (illustrated)
24-year-olds, pictured, get six strokes of rotan each
KL stops whipping demos after complaints
Human rights body says caning demonstrations for schoolkids are counterproductive
Malaysia/Schools - May 2004
Caning in schools fully justified
Bring back the rod to classrooms, writes father, who will not complain if his children are caned
Headmistress faces demotion
She attacked male teaching colleague with her cane
Education Ministry has no objections to caning pledge, says Hishammuddin
School will make pupils sign pledge to accept caning if they offend
Malay daily highlights two educational issues
'Caning pledge' idea supported by parent-teacher association, could become a model
Wrong to cane girls
Caning may be a necessary evil but please restrict it to boys, asks reader
The swoosh factor
School students discuss caning
Malaysia/Judicial - June 2004
Nursery operator's husband gets 15 years and five strokes for rape of girl (illustrated)
34-year-old offender is pictured
342 illegal immigrants jailed (illustrated)
Several of them get caning; some are pictured arriving at court
Angry Malaysians want thieves caned
Public panic over street crime
Bomoh gets 13 years, rotan for miscalculated sexual adventure (illustrated)
Four strokes for 'medicine man', 38, pictured
Prison department leaves out exhibits on whipping
Rotans, dummy convicts and pictures of bleeding buttocks no longer allowed to be displayed
Indonesian jailed for illegal possession of firearms (illustrated)
Culprit, 40, pictured, also gets six strokes of the cane
Malaysia/Schools - June 2004
Girls are as bad as boys
They should be caned too, argues reader
Is caning the answer to indiscipline?
Yes, say former school principals
Caning should not be the answer
The rules are being ignored, says a reader
Malaysia/Judicial - July 2004
Farmer gets 20 years, whipping for rape (illustrated)
42-year-old, pictured, ordered to receive 8 strokes
Mindef clerk gets 28 months, seven strokes for cheating
Civil servant, 31, defrauded his department of funds
Malaysia/Schools - July 2004
Carrots and cane at mission schools
'Six of the best' in front of assembly recalled
Boy caned because of unfinished homework (illustrated)
Student, 15, shows welts on calf and back
Malaysia/Judicial - August 2004
Rape case: A whopping 75 years' jail for stepdad
40-year-old is also sentenced to a whopping 50-stroke whopping
Malaysia faces rising problem of illegal immigrants
18,000 of them have been caned in past two years
Whip illegals and send them home
Columnist wants to see them caned before deportation, otherwise they will just return
Van driver gets 10 years for rape (illustrated)
And three strokes of rotan for 32-year-old, pictured
Waiter Jailed 11 Months For Illegal Entry, Possession Of Fake IC (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, also ordered to be caned
Director gets jail, rotan for cheating
Businessman, 36, given six years' jail and 8 strokes of the cane
Malaysia/Judicial - September 2004
Two teens sent to rehab school for rape
One of them, aged 18, also gets a caning
60 years and rotan for rapist father
24 strokes of the cane for 49-year-old
Man gets eight years for possessing heroin
24-year-old also ordered to have 20 strokes of the rotan
Rape: Court dismisses man's appeal for revision of sentence (illustrated)
Confusing headline: text says rotan strokes reduced from nine to three for culprit, 47, pictured
Man from China gets RM50K fine for illegal fishing (illustrated)
Plus jail and cane stroke for 27-year-old, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - October 2004
Militant gets 10 years' jail for possessing arms
Would-be Islamic terrorist, 'threat to national security', will also be given 18 strokes of the rotan
'Wish we could publicly cane illegals' bosses'
Frustrated Minister wants courts to cane employers of illegal immigrants
Incest: 20 more years for driver
20 years and 12 strokes of rotan added to his existing sentence of 73 years and 46 strokes of rotan
Snatch thieves belong in prison (illustrated)
32-year-old, pictured, loses his appeal against sentence including six strokes of the cane
Jailed eight years, five strokes of cane for raping his sister
21-year-old convicted of incest with sister, 15
Unanimous call for harsher penalties to curb crimes
Protesters call for mandatory whipping for robbers
Malaysia/Judicial - November 2004
Youth gets jail, rotan for incest
Three strokes for 18-year-old who assaulted young sister
Pinoy migrants used by Malaysian politicians
Deported illegal immigrants confirm they've mostly been caned
Security guard jailed, whipped for raping 10-year-old girl
24 years in jail and 12 'whippings' [sic] for culprit, 25
Malaysia/Judicial - December 2004
Man gets life for armed robbery (illustrated)
49-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive six strokes of rotan
More Than 18,000 Illegal Immigrants Whipped
6,000 canings a year for entering country without valid documents -- most got one stroke
12 years' jail, rotan for sex with minor (illustrated)
Rapist, 26, pictured, gets four strokes
Suhakam unhappy illegals being whipped
Local human rights body doesn't think caning deters immigrants
Syabu man gets seven years
And ten strokes of the cane for 36-year-old
The measure of their lives is a prison cell
60 people are serving "life means life" in jail, of whom 49 also sentenced to caning
Ex-con sent back to jail for snatch theft
Handbag snatcher, 31, previously whipped, gets 20 months in jail and five strokes of rotan
MYANMAR (Burma)
Myanmar/Schools - June 2004
Getting the cane (illustrated)
Controversy over classroom punishments; posed picture of schoolgirl holding hands out for rulering
NEPAL
Nepal/Judicial - July 2004
Kangaroo Courts Hold Sway in Nepal Hinterland
Parallel courts in rural areas dispense 'rough and ready justice' including public thrashings
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand/Schools - November 2004
Call for return of corporal punishment in schools
Political party delegates want caning back, but leadership rules it out
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - January 2004
'Pregnant girl's rights need to be protected'
15-year-old rape victim sentenced to 100 lashes
Niger Delta Youths Dethrone King With 60 Strokes of Cane
Local ruler ambushed and caned
Nigeria/Judicial - March 2004
Sex offender won't be stoned: Boys convicted, caned
Six strokes each for three young boys who allowed themselves to be sodomised
Nigeria/Judicial - May 2004
Nigerian state considers punishment for drinking
Muslims to be whipped and Christians jailed
PAKISTAN
Pakistan/Schools - January 2004
CS against corporal punishment
Regional government wants to wipe out caning in Punjab
Corporal punishment banned in NWFP
North West Frontier Province follows the trend
Pakistan/Schools - February 2004
St. Patrick's -- Alma Mater to the Great and Good
Country's President got "sound caning" at elite Karachi school, but CP there stopped in 1998
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea/Schools - July 2004
Spare the rod -- and watch PNG implode
Prime Minister calls for reintroduction of tough punishment for errant students; editorial recalls "visits to the headmaster for a sound flogging"
PHILIPPINES
Philippines/Schools - February 2004
Corporal punishment banned
Education authorities ban school CP in one province
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - March 2004
Boys Flogged
Eleven male students lashed in front of girls' school on order of the court
Jail for Black Magic
Man also to be given 600 lashes for bewitching girl
5 Years Jail, 2,250 Lashes for Bank Robber
Bank manager stole from his own bank
Lashes for Blasphemy
Expat to receive 600 lashes in 12 instalments
Teacher Given Jail Term, Lashes for Blasphemy
Students claimed he taught them immoral doctrines
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - May 2004
Jail and Lashes for Misuse of Camera
Two young men took pictures of girl, one gets 30 lashes, the other 40
Rania's Husband Gets Six Months' Jail, 300 Lashes (illustrated)
Man, pictured, to be flogged for beating up his TV presenter wife, pictured
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - July 2004
TV star pardons abusive husband
Not clear whether or not he received his lashes
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - August 2004
Youths Flogged for Rioting
42 youths kept in reformatory for 25 days before receiving lashes
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - November 2004
Chief Justice Should Intervene
Columnist highlights disparities in flogging sentences
Police 'lash' teacher who hit girl with shoe
She gets 10 lashes in front of her students
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - December 2004
Rights Body Hits Out at Prison Conditions
Female prisoners complain of whippings
Teenagers flogged
Two boys caned for Osama bin Laden graffiti
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 2004
Floating box ruse doesn't help illegals (illustrated)
Five caught swimming here get jail, cane
Five illegal immigrants, two of whom are pictured, sentenced to four strokes of the cane each
Wife-slasher gets 8½ years' jail and 18 strokes (illustrated)
46-year-old culprit is pictured
Singapore/Schools - January 2004
Wee: How the rotan changed my life
Former President describes classroom caning in 1927
Singapore/Judicial - February 2004
Fatal stabbing of groom-to-be: Jail, caning for four
Twenty-somethings all to be caned after disco brawl
Singapore/Judicial - March 2004
Jail, caning for bogus cop who robbed prostitutes
31-year-old gets the maximum of 24 strokes, plus 7 years in prison
Man gets 4 years' jail and caning for molesting 10-year-old boy
Culprit, 43, dragged 10-year-old into toilet cubicle, gets four strokes of cane
Singapore/Judicial - April 2004
Co-owner of Storm Pictures jailed for drug trafficking (illustrated)
Impresario, 30, pictured, is also given five strokes of the cane
Singapore/Schools - April 2004
More students, parents want the principal back (illustrated)
Popular headmaster, pictured, must resign after hitting girl with a book
Singapore/Judicial - May 2004
Man who kidnapped journalist gets life term, 24 strokes (illustrated)
45-year-old, pictured, narrowly escapes gallows
Singapore/Schools - May 2004
Go ahead, cane wayward students (illustrated)
Poll shows 70% favour school CP; teacher with cane is pictured
Terrors who test teachers' patience
Educators quizzed in wake of row over principal who hit girl
Girls behaving badly
Bad boys get the cane so why not girls too; some disobedient girls are interviewed
Schools here managing discipline fine: Tharman
Education minister seeks to cool down raging debate over kids' behaviour
Wield the cane? Our students are not that bad (illustrated)
Discipline problems are actually if anything declining; teacher's cane is pictured
'Discipline has not improved much'
Retired education officials sceptical of claims that all is well in schools
Student thieves strike during PE
Five boys given public caning; one is interviewed afterwards
When hands are tied by defiant girls
Teachers' union says girls know all too well they can't be caned
Punishment rules won't change for defiant girls
Government rejects suggestion of caning girls
Singapore/Domestic - June 2004
Try discipline with love (illustrated)
Education Minister is pictured with his three sons, whom he spanks, but has not yet had to use the canes he keeps in a cupboard
Singapore/Judicial - June 2004
20 years, 21 strokes for robbing and attacking elderly vagrant (illustrated)
37-year-old thug, pictured, has already had jail and 24 strokes of cane in the past
Singapore/Judicial - July 2004
Snakehead responsible for 80% of JB-S'pore people smuggling caught (illustrated)
45-year-old, pictured, gets five years' jail and 20 strokes of the cane
7 years' jail, caning for robbers who landed on Tekong (illustrated)
12 strokes of the cane each for three twentysomethings, pictured
Spare the 12 strokes, pleads robber
23-year-old with rare illness tries to get out of caning
Jail, caning for 4 in fatal Jurong Superbowl brawl
Youngsters guilty of rioting with weapons get six to nine strokes
Jail and cane them ... says one union leader
CP urged for employers who don't pay their workers
He stabbed man fatally over 'staring' incident (illustrated)
Assailant, 27, pictured, gets 10 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - August 2004
2 Thais jailed for attack on countryman
Five years' jail and 24 strokes for robbery that left construction worker dead
Drug peddler's appeal dismissed
Film distributor fails in attempt to overturn conviction that brought him jail and cane
CJ throws out appeal of driver who ran over man (illustrated)
Businessman, 36, pictured, must take his 6-stroke caning
Man raped teen after getting her drunk
Six years and six strokes for 20-year-old
He stares, then strikes
24 strokes each for two who robbed kids
Singapore/Schools - August 2004
Primary 1 student caned in front of nearly a thousand students
Seven-year-old gets one stroke, two older boys get two each in front of assembly
Public caning of boy, 7, stirs hot debate
Readers give sharply divided views
Different strokes for different folks
Government has no intention of following UN advice to ban school cane
Singapore/Domestic - September 2004
Most parents here don't cane kids, shows study (illustrated)
But 20% of them do; Model poses as father with cane
Singapore/Judicial - September 2004
Shankar spared the cane by court
TV presenter gets off on medical grounds
Life term, caning for young girl's kidnappers (illustrated)
'Bungling duo', 35 and 42, pictured, get three strokes each
Robber who preyed on cabbies jailed
31-year-old also ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane
Uncle molested, raped girl for years
27 years in jail and 24 cane strokes for man, 36
Singapore/Judicial - October 2004
Can SDU and SDS become YES (illustrated)
Man, now 34, pictured with new wife who forgives his past, is former criminal who was jailed and caned
No fear, some favour
23-year-old accepted back at university after a year in jail and three strokes of the cane
Singapore/Schools - October 2004
Strict head prefect .. but a caring friend (illustrated)
Secondary head boy, pictured, tried without success to persuade principal to cane three boys privately instead of publicly
Singapore/Judicial - November 2004
Family snakehead syndicate smashed (illustrated)
Two people-smugglers, pictured, get six strokes of cane each
Serial rapist attacked pregnant woman (illustrated)
16 cane strokes for 29-year-old, pictured, already caned previously
Family's 14-year saga of rape and incest ends
24 strokes and 32 years' jail for stepfather, 44
Singapore/Judicial - December 2004
20 years' jail for 2 cannabis traffickers
30-somethings also get 15 strokes of the cane each
Cabby stabbed wife over alleged affair (illustrated)
40-year-old, pictured, sentenced to 30 months and six strokes
Jail, cane for man who chopped off NSF's fingers (illustrated)
Nine strokes for 20-year-old, pictured
Swimming for his life
Illegal immigrant says he will never forget his four-stroke caning
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - February 2004
Discipline problem at schools
Reinstatement of caning is urged in Eastern Cape
South Africa/Schools - March 2004
37 kids beaten for failing test
Teacher arrested for mass trousers-down caning of senior boys
South Africa/Schools - May 2004
School head in caning probe
Girl, 14, alleges she was caned in principal's office
South Africa/Schools - June 2004
Bisho gets tough on corporal punishment
KwaZulu-Natal regional government warns teachers still using the cane
Big stick for headmaster
Principal caught caning pupils on hidden TV camera
Umlazi principal says he was wrong to hit pupils (illustrated)
Caning principal is pictured
Corporal punishment still meted out at schools
150 complaints a month in Western Cape
260 teachers probed for hitting children
Western Cape regional government restates "implacable opposition" to CP
Nothing like a damn good hiding to save schools from anarchy
Columnist, recalling his own canings, wonders what all the fuss is about
It costs millions to beat caning
Money being spent on training teachers in discipline without CP
Caning: You might change your mind
Abolition provoked "disgusting" change in attitude towards teachers, writes recent student
Pupils cane each other
Teachers hoping to avoid suspension or dismissal said to be making other students administer the CP
South Africa/Judicial - August 2004
Prosecutor: Caning can work
Judicial CP for under-21s would reduce prison overcrowding, say lawyers
South Africa/Domestic - October 2004
Room for spanking
Shock at proposal to prohibit parental CP
SUDAN
Sudan/Judicial - January 2004
Chief Justice Suspends Flogging of Girl
16-year-old sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery
Sudan/Judicial - June 2004
Christian woman whipped under Islamic law
40 lashes for not wearing suitable attire
TAIWAN
Taiwan/Illicit - January 2004
Ring in the new year with a spanking for luck
Men spanked and women whipped in ceremony at Taoist temple
Taiwan/Schools - April 2004
Spanking goes on in schools despite law
Government forbids it but 70% of students receive CP
TANZANIA
Tanzania/Judicial - August 2004
Isles to abolish corporal punishment
Court-ordered caning on its way out in Zanzibar
Tanzania/Judicial - September 2004
Ex-policeman gets 30 years for defiling minor
Plus twelve strokes of the cane after raping 13-year-old
Jailed 30 years for rape
Two also fined and ordered to have 12 strokes each
Tanzania/Schools - September 2004
Kahororo students go on the rampage
Protest against secondary school prefect who is allowed to administer up to five strokes of the cane
THAILAND
Thailand/Schools - September 2004
Head transferred for caning
Bruised buttocks for female student, 19, after illegal punishment
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad/Judicial - May 2004
Appeal Court reaffirms jail, strokes for rapist
Five-stroke birching and ten-year prison sentence upheld
Trinidad/Schools - June 2004
'Bring back the whip'
Official report recommends reintroduction of school CP for a three-year trial period
Trinidad/Judicial - July 2004
Cutlass bandits lose appeal ... 30 years for robbing, chopping school chum
Armed robbers, 26 and 28, get 15 strokes of the birch each
UGANDA
Uganda/Judicial - March 2004
LC Court Whips Father Of 4 (with cartoon)
30-year-old given 20 strokes in front of his mother
Uganda/Schools - March 2004
Caning helped Ikyimaana pass (illustrated)
Senior schoolgirl, pictured, attributes her exam success to school's policy of beating backsliders
Student Calls Teacher Nickname, Suspended
Secondary schoolboy also given five strokes of the cane
Uganda/Judicial - April 2004
Kayunga thug gets 70 strokes
Public whipping for 32-year-old at his own request instead of jail
Uganda/Judicial - May 2004
Mukono locals bury man with condoms
Local court gives 10-man gang 50 strokes of cane each
Thief forced to eat raw chicken
Also given 10 strokes of the cane
Kitintale avocado thief gets 20 strokes
Caning for woman caught up avocado tree
Uganda/Schools - June 2004
Reinstate caning, parents urge
Abolition has caused more harm than good, they say
Uganda/Illicit - August 2004
Wesonga Was Caned for Cash
MP used to let other students cane him for money
Uganda/Schools - August 2004
Nebbi teacher canes pupil, dislocates elbow (illustrated)
Schoolgirl, 12, pictured, put her hand behind as she was receiving caning
Uganda/Schools - December 2004
Cane Pupils to Boost Academics -- Parents
Should Caning Be Reintroduced?
Debate over reintroduction of corporal punishment; one district chairman has already directed that canings resume
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UAE/Judicial - January 2004
Nine get jail term for immoral activities
Plus lashings for adultery, running a brothel and drinking alcohol
UAE/Judicial - May 2004
18 jailed for adultery in separate cases
Men and women alike given 100 to 120 lashes
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Illicit - February 2004
Dogwalk spanker
TV dog show judge whacked woman's bottom
UK/Judicial - February 2004
Get physical
CP is an essential part of civilised society, opines reader
UK/Schools - February 2004
Looking back to the age when bad behaviour while at school meant a short sharp shock (illustrated)
Extracts from a school punishment book (cover pictured) of 100 years ago
When a scarf is more important than murder
Muslim columnist claims that CP is being used in Koran schools in UK
Schools nurture a culture of anarchy
Scottish schools now battlegrounds of anarchy and mayhem in the absence of CP, argues leader-writer
UK/Domestic - March 2004
Smack your child and risk a criminal record
"Reasonable chastisement" legal defence may be removed
Smacks of a dilemma
Columnist blames modern yobboism on decline in CP
UK/Judicial - March 2004
So what can we try next to tackle the problem of ned culture?
Scottish former rugby star, outraged by disorderly youth, thinks the birch would be an effective answer
UK/Reformatories - March 2004
A school of hard knocks
1940s reformatory floggings recalled
UK/Schools - March 2004
I taught at the worst sink school in Britain
Teacher's new book reveals use of CP in a London school after legal ban - with parents' encouragement
Bishop: Black children fail for want of discipline
Ban on school CP has destroyed order in inner-city ethnic communities, says churchman
UK/Domestic - May 2004
71% support parental smacking ban, survey finds
Majority think "reasonable chastisement" defence should go
Bum rap pinned on parents (with cartoon)
Spanking ban will only teach kids to do as they please, opines columnist
UK/Illicit - May 2004
Spanking teacher banned
He caned, spanked and whipped aspiring actresses, is now barred from teaching
UK/Domestic - June 2004
Your views: Should the Government ban smacking? (with cartoon)
No, say almost all respondents in Daily Telegraph readers' poll
UK/Domestic - July 2004
Britain will spare the rod, well almost (with cartoon)
House of Lords stops short of voting to ban parental CP altogether
Parents face dilemma after smacking vote (with cartoon)
Change to bill condemned as unworkable
UK/Schools - July 2004
Task of imposing discipline 'now more difficult'
Teachers' leader says standards of behaviour have declined since the end of corporal punishment
Spare the rod, spoil the child, and what then?
The liberals have a lot to answer for, avers editorialist
UK/Schools - September 2004
20somethings say 'six of the best' would curb unruly pupils
Surprising support for school CP in poll of 18- to 30-year-olds
The cane is not the issue
Columnist, recalling his own school canings, doubts whether it would solve any problems now
UK/Domestic - September 2004
Mayor may axe child spanking rite
Ludicrous fuss over innocuous ancient ceremony
UK/Schools - October 2004
The Fifties had everything -- including the kitchen sink
70% of oldies think cane and slipper were a good deterrent
The trouble with discipline
Conservative politicians have given up calling for return of the cane, says education correspondent
Punishment fits
Reader compares his two schools, one with CP and one without
UK/Domestic - November 2004
Rebel MPs fail to ban smacking
These people telling me how to chastise my child need a slap
Smack those kids, but mind those marks
Legislature decides parental spanking can continue as long as it doesn't leave a mark
UK/Schools - November 2004
Christian school asks Lords for right to smack pupils
Last lap of long saga over school CP ban
Get tough with bullies
Letterwriter describes 1976 public caning, which stopped all bullying at once
UK/Domestic - December 2004
Harman's cruelty case setback
Appeal court overrules government, says prison not automatic for unreasonable chastisement
UK/Schools - December 2004
School for scandal
Actor Stephen Fry, playing part of caning headmaster, recalls his own cp-filled schooldays
UNITED STATES
US/Domestic - January 2004
Punishment can help, not hurt
Letter-writer pays tribute to parental whackings
Parents document discipline of teens with local law enforcement
TX parents contact police after administering spankings
US/Schools - January 2004
Teacher receives sentence in corporal punishment case
He hit 12-year-old with dowel rod at OK Christian school
Spare the rod? Not at many public schools (illustrated)
Florida schools superintendent pictured with paddle; CP statistics given for different districts
School principal free on bond
9-year-old student allegedly slapped in WI Lutheran school
Discipline corporal and private
Columnist recalls third-grade paddling in TN
Spankings, a good way to discipline
FL letter-writer thrilled to find paddle still in use
Ex-football coach reflects on actions
Jury awards paddled boy $7,000
Assistant principal paddled 6-year-old
Boy's bottom bruised; mother annoyed that official hasn't been suspended
Ashland schools weighing cuts
No more paddling in an Ohio district -- because its insurance company will no longer cover liability
US/Domestic - February 2004
Father spanks daughter at high school
Instant punishment in front of classmates at Wisconsin school
Students lack respect for adults, peers
Readers applaud father who spanked his daughter in class
US/Judicial - February 2004
Harvey police beat teen, family alleges in lawsuit
14-year-old paddled at IL police station
Three More People Claim Abuse By Harvey Police (illustrated)
Teen, pictured, was made to drop his pants and punished with a wooden paddle
More allegations of paddling surface
Similar claims from a 12-year-old and two young men
US/Schools - February 2004
Dallas parents approve paddling
3,274 parents have given written consent and 147 students have been paddled in 4 months since rule change
Area students avoiding trouble
Permission to paddle
Paddling statistics for districts of Kentucky
Principals Say Accusations Against Charters Unfair
Two Florida schools in trouble over CP
All charges dismissed in spanking case
Birthday spankings at PA arts school were legal, court holds
Striking back
TX football coach paddles players for bad grades
Let's leave no child's behind to paddling
Memphis TN schools should abolish CP, avers columnist
U.S. Students Still Getting the Paddle (illustrated)
Mississippi assistant principal, pictured with paddle, resigns over CP
Teacher investigated for hitting student with belt
16-year-old punished in Houston TX in contravention of district rule against CP
Schools may alter punishment policy
Is abolition on the way in Memphis TN?
Jobe weak on mathematics of corporal punishment
Dispute over "racial bias" CP figures
School spanking?
Paddling may not really be last resort, data show
Debate continues in Memphis
Corporal punishment ban stays in Mexia ISD
Paddles stay in mothballs in a Texas district
Alabama ranks third in nation when it comes to corporal punishment
Long article in local paper: paddling "still alive and well"
US/Domestic - March 2004
Spanking won't result in charges
WI man's punishment of his daughter in front of her class was not child abuse
District attorney right not to press charges
Reader defends man who spanked his daughter at school
Teacher, Boy Scout leader charged with domestic battery
She paddled her 9-year-old son
US/Illicit - March 2004
Unraveling a secret tradition
High-school hazing paddling described
US/Schools - March 2004
Is paddling best way to discipline Tenn. students?
Local paper editorial calls for a fresh look at the issue
Benton Harbor teachers accused of hitting students
High-school boy paddled on bare buttocks, junior girls belted, according to allegations in Michigan
Needed: A paddling policy with no butts about it
Columnist recalls 1960s school punishments
Spanking among many issues at charter school, district says
FL school's director defends policy under which roughly half the students have been paddled so far this year
Community lucky to have someone like Coach West
Spanking coach defended by former student of the TX school in question
Discipline policy on hold after tie vote
A PA school district can't decide whether to use corporal punishment or not
Suit filed against coach for paddling
Alabama eighth-grader's punishment was contrary to the rules, parents say
Children no longer are disciplined
Retired teacher criticises parents who sue over paddlings
2 IPS teachers are suspended for paddling
Spanking of six 9-year-old IN boys for being in a gang is described
State panel seeks ban on student spankings
Pennsylvania still discussing abolition of CP
IPS may reconsider paddling policy
School spankings under scrutiny in Indianapolis
Disagree with story about coach
Support for Coach Griffin
Readers come to defence of paddling football coach
Charge dismissed against Guthrie teacher
OK spanking was appropriate, says judge
IPS incident should show the harm of school paddling
Columnist pushes Indianapolis spanking fuss as reason to abolish
Carver's former assistant principal condemns paddling (illustrated)
Mississippi educator, pictured with paddle, resigned rather than have to keep whacking students
Clay case awakens school spanking concerns of parents
Mother in NC had given permission for 10-year-old to be paddled
Paddling remains divisive issue
Overview of school CP in Indiana and nationwide
Use of corporal punishment stirs debate in state
CP policies quoted for various Indiana districts
US/Illicit - April 2004
ASU looking into possible fraternity hazing
Welts said visible on buttocks after alleged whippings in Arizona
High Schools Turn Down Expulsions
13 lacrosse team newcomers paddled in hazing ritual in Illinois
US/Judicial - April 2004
Lawsuit alleges Fowler police chief paddled teen in diversion program
Boy's mother had agreed to his being spanked
Lawyer: Chief will be cleared
Ohio policeman videotaped his paddlings of teenagers
New paddling suit filed
Another offender, 18, says he got police spanking in lieu of jail
Grand jury hears chief
Ohio paddling policeman explains his juvenile diversion program
US/Reformatories - April 2004
Teen Reach founder fires back at state (illustrated)
Arizona Christian group boss, pictured, defends "supervised spanking" as form of rehabilitation
Former students, prosecutors question methods of some 'tough love' schools
Missouri teen reformatories under spotlight, spankings said prevalent
US/Schools - April 2004
Teacher charged with battery for paddling student (illustrated)
13-year-old's bottom shows reddening, pictured, after punishment by AR gym teacher
Area schools differ in corporal punishment
Rundown of CP situation at some Indiana schools
Paddling students remains divisive issue for schools
More on Indiana schools' attitudes to CP
Boy paddled, Coach cited for battery third degree
Student, 13, says he was sore for two weeks
DA declines to file charges against Ninnekah Principal
OK high school principal gave female student three swats
Charges against junior high school coach dismissed
Paddling of boys was reasonable and moderate, AR court holds
Corporal punishment rarely, if ever, used
Paddling situation in various N. Carolina schools reviewed
Mom Angry Over Corporal Punishment
Texas boy paddled twice in four days
US/Domestic - May 2004
Cop who spanked boy gets punished himself
Story of the Seattle police officer and the 8-year-old runaway boy
Seattle police guild questions rules on off-duty behavior
Cop who spanked boy was not in uniform at the time
What readers are saying
Most letters support Seattle cop who spanked boy
The Boondocks (cartoons)
Two strips by Aaron McGruder
US/Judicial - May 2004
Fowler Police Chief suspended pending investigation into paddling accusations (illustrated)
OH cop said to have run paddling program for teens is pictured
Police Chief Pleads Innocent in Paddling
Three OH teenagers say they were paddled as part of juvenile diversion program
Police chief discusses paddling, program
All the youths I paddled were fully clothed, he says
US/Reformatories - May 2004
Arraignment date for Day set for today
Yet another row about paddling in a Missouri reformatory after 16-year-old boy's buttocks were bruised
Cult hoping expansion plans may flower with Plymouth cafe
Massachusetts sect spank their children with rods
Beleaguered teen reform school shuts down
End of the road for heavy-paddling Missouri private Baptist reformatory
US/Schools - May 2004
Queens teacher pleads guilty to spanking kids
Teen boys were offered choice of hand or dog brush
Doctor calls paddling excessive
2001 punishment by football coach was "shockingly egregious", he says
Parents blast dress code and paddling
Tennessee parents not happy about school's use of corporal punishment
Paddling Investigation - Pros And Cons Of Pops
A Texas view of school CP
'Old school' principal steps down after 33 years
Paddle-wielding MO teacher says Dr Spock has a lot to answer for
Assistant principal not indicted in paddling
GA grand jury recommends parents be present at spankings
IPS Board set to prohibit paddling
Abolitionist moves in Indianapolis
IPS Board votes to end paddling
Indianapolis decides to abolish school CP
Hamilton coach paddled players
Most members of Memphis high school basketball team have taken swats
A wise decision to ban the paddle
Indianapolis editorial welcomes school board decision
US/Domestic - June 2004
Anti-Spanking Resolution Eyed
Man urges Massachusetts town officials to adopt no-spank policy
Anti-spank proposal bottoms out
Vote on resolution shelved indefinitely
US/Illicit - June 2004
Students Suspended After Long Island Hazing Ritual
Eighth-graders paddled in 'rite of passage'
US/Schools - June 2004
Where discipline stings
Paddlings still going strong in one corner of Ohio
Students, parents want more discipline at school (illustrated)
Fourth-grade boys, pictured, call for "good old-fashioned paddling" for their disruptive peers
Stay the rod
Indiana should follow other states' lead and abolish CP, says columnist
Teacher's paddle gathers dust
Views of various Indiana school districts
Parents will soon get their say on corporal punishment in city schools
Paddling in the spotlight in Memphis TN
Meeting airs debate over paddling in schools
Opinions sharply split in Memphis
State may ease paddling rules
Ohio bill would protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits
US/Schools - July 2004
To spank, or not to spank? (illustrated)
Debate continues in Ohio; posed picture of child holding bottom
City schools to ask parents about spanking
Telephone survey in Memphis TN
Students' input hard to find in code
No reference to paddling in new handbook for a Florida district
School paddlings are option
A school board in Louisiana agrees to parental opt-out from CP
Age-old controversy: Is paddling right, how much?
Dallas paddling dispute continues
Until proven guilty (illustrated)
Mother expresses grave concern about authorities' persecution of film-school principal, pictured with paddled student in 1994
School report reflects on low crime in schools
Paddling statistics given for schools in a New Mexico district
Spanking banned in schools
A Louisiana district abolishes CP
US/Illicit - August 2004
6 seniors charged in June hazings
Paddling of high-school freshmen not so serious, some of them say
US/Judicial - August 2004
Ex-Chief Accused Of Paddling Teens Seeks To Settle
Former police captain offers to pay off his accusers
Police chief seeks dismissal of some charges in paddling case
He videotaped the paddling of several juveniles
US/Schools - August 2004
Passing on Paddling
Alabama high school boy admits he deserved 'whoopin'
Brownwood reinstates paddling
A Texas district brings back CP after eight years without it
Greenland board appoints principal, examines handbook
Handbook approved in a AR district includes paddling
Anniston board reverses paddling ban in city schools
CP, previously abolished in an Alabama district, is reinstated
Paddling Prohibited -- McAllen schools officially outlaw penalty
No more CP in this Texas district
Good old days weren't always so good, especially when you took your licks
Writer recalls 1970s paddlings
We're shining light on corporal punishment
NC mother shocked to find CP listed in policy handbook
US/Illicit - September 2004
Principal covered up hazing: prober
Man repeatedly paddled 18-year-old's unclothed posterior
US/Schools - September 2004
Parent says coach paddled, injured son
Parents fuming over City View paddling
Four 9th-grade footballers get licks at Texas high school
State law protects teachers (illustrated)
Colorado state senator, pictured, stresses state law doesn't prohibit CP, recalls his own paddlings were beneficial
Corporal punishment abandoned
Goodbye to the paddle in an Indiana district
City View principal makes changes following paddling incident
Paddle replaced with a regulation one, but he will still not notify parents before it is used
'Old school' ideas are new again here
Students welcome new strictness at Texas charter school; instant paddling for disobedience
Happy anniversary at Roosevelt (illustrated)
Holder of all-time record for most spankings in 1930s shows off miniature paddle he was awarded as trophy
Twin Rivers board told school off to good start
A Missouri district changes policy so that now only principals may paddle
Teacher Asked to Resign for Paddling Student
What, in Alabama? Yes, because he did it in public, contrary to the rules
Panel reviews use of paddling
But NC district is not proposing to abolish it altogether
Mother Concerned About Son's Paddling Punishment
Fourth-grader got two swats, complained his butt was hurting
US/Illicit - October 2004
Athletes disciplined in paddling
Two high school football players paddled three freshmen in NJ
Milton school officials investigating alleged hazing incident
Five tenth-graders paddled as initiation in PA
US/Reformatory - October 2004
Waynesville Reform School to Close
Second religious "academy" to close in Missouri following paddling-related mistreatment allegations
US/Schools - October 2004
Discipline strict but fair
Paddlings were effective in keeping us in line, say former students
School swats students with paddles
Ohio charter school gives two swats for lateness, has a paddle with holes in it
Midlothian players face charges
High school footballers in TX given choice of ISS or swats; at least one of them chooses the swats
Grandmother sues over boy's being paddled
TN 13-year-old had three bruises on his backside
Charges filed in MISD student/teacher incident
More on two-lick paddle option for TX seniors, now named
End to school paddling sought
School paddling debate gains national attention
Debate continues in Memphis; national black leaders weigh in against CP
Fox School District weighs corporal punishment policy
Possibility of parental consent - or maybe outright ban - in a Missouri district
Discipline needed
Paddling teacher in Louisiana lambasts feckless parents, relates interesting anecdote
Meeting roundups
A Pennsylvania district moves towards abolition
Couple asks TEA to investigate paddling incident
Nine-year-old's behind was red for four days after two-pop paddling, claim parents
Rutherford looks at paddling policy
Board sends paddling policy to committee
Six districts around Metro OK paddling (illustrated)
Three school systems weigh paddling policies
Keen debate in Tennessee; middle school principal is pictured with paddle
Father Angry Over School Paddling
Onus is on parents to make objections known, says district after boy chooses licks over suspension
Attempt at discipline a work in progress
Behavior deteriorating in no-paddling IN district; I'd love to go back to it, says school trustee
US/Domestic - November 2004
Spanking can provide a valuable life lesson to child
Make clear distinction between abuse and appropriate punishment, urges Florida doctor
Spanking revisited
Many parents still believe in it; professor issues caution on interpretation of data
Brookline, time to spare the Ron
Brookline rejects measure on spanking
A town meeting in Massachusetts debates parental CP, declines to ban it
Teachers shouldn't teach religion
Police officer reassures parents it's legal to spank their children
US/Illicit - November 2004
Women Allege Boss Spanked Them for Errors
Be spanked or be fired, Tasty Flavors proprietor tells two 19-year-olds
Principal is whipped to punish two teens
Christian school principal in AK is fired after taking senior students' punishment on himself
St. John's hazing put pledge in hospital
Paddling ritual in New York is described
US/Schools - November 2004
To paddle or not to paddle?
Committee to discuss Rutherford paddling policy today
Tougher paddling policy gets initial OK
A Tennessee district will not abolish CP but parental consent will now be needed
Leland mom files paddling complaint
10-year-old's buttocks were bruised, she says
Schools practice discipline with paddle
A Texas district's CP policy is explained
School Districts That Allow Or Don't Allow Corporal Punishment
Fierce debate in North Carolina
Paddling against the current
Long piece about CP controversy in Memphis
Mom says coach paddled boy, 12
Gary school coach dismissed for paddling kids
Indiana district may revisit CP policy; boy says he can't sit down
Schools ban the paddle
In Memphis, a Battle Won, the Paddle Lost
Swing vote helped board banish paddling in schools
Narrow vote after marathon debate in Memphis
Going back home
Basketball star visits his old school in GA, where they still spank; paddling calmed him down a lot, got his attention, he says
Schools, children, principals, parents and discipline
Memphis teachers and parents express outrage at paddle ban decision
US/Schools - December 2004
No discipline in schools? Expect more basket brawls
Rapper lambasts "stupidity" of decision to bar CP in Jackson, MS
Policy to let parents decide on paddling
A TN school district decides to let parents opt their kids out of CP
Why ban what so many want?
Memphis paddling abolition decision is questioned
Trustees quarrel about paddling policy
No consensus on school CP in Dallas
Pastor's paddling sentence tossed
Appeals court in FL rules that paddling of girl was not a felony
Paddling OK'd at Murray academy
Ninth-graders in a GA district may now receive CP
Administrators say discipline program working
20 students paddled since CP reinstated in an OK district
Paddling on hold in DISD (illustrated)
Dallas suspends school CP for two-month period; a paddle is pictured
Anniston school board keeps paddling policy
No dissent when a district in AL decides to let CP continue
Port Gibson elementary school achieves Level 5 status
"No discipline problems" at a MS school that uses corporal punishment
Schools give punishment options
Debate in TX after five boys paddled during athletic practice
Readers speak out on school discipline
Feedback to GA columnist is overwhelmingly in favor of CP
Board still needs board
Former teacher in Dallas invites anti-CP board members to spend two months teaching in middle school
HJHS tops list for discipline problems
41 paddlings at an AL school
ZAMBIA
Zambia/Schools - January 2004
Spare the rod and spoil the child?
Corporal punishment outlawed in schools as well as judicial system
Zambia/Schools - July 2004
Ndola police hold 14 riotous Chifubu pupils
Students "incensed" over caning of girl
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence for the year to date irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2004
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