One phenomenon that it is hard to classify is the work of Eric A. Wildman. His singular activities indeed ended in disgrace, but they remain of interest to the sociologist and psychological investigator. Briefly, Wildman was the founder and organizer of the League for the Retention of Corporal Punishment and of the Corpun Educational Organisation Limited.
Chastisement Across the Ages1
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The Cane and the Double Standard25
Why? What did it achieve apart from enhancing Miss F’s ‘hard’ reputation? Well according to her this later to...
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Headmasters Slipper & The Female Presenter 6
Fiona was slippered at school in the early 1970s when corporal punishment was very much legal in UK schools,...
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Our tree house 3
It seemed like an age but was probably only a few minutes. You can be sure that when we...
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Did the Cane Hurt as Much as you Thought23
My school took bullying seriously, no let me rephrase that, my school chose to ignore many incidences of bullying,...
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to Had to Go53
NSW The Crimes Amendment Act 2001 (NSW) introduced an amendment specifying that physical punishment by a parent should not...
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School CP’s Little Secret7
In both cases, CP to terrorise and humiliate was going on in SOME of our schools at least into...
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Extraordinary Records reveal how Corporal Punishment was Meted Out2
I’ve seen lots of extracts from punishment books covering many periods but they’ve all recorded the ‘nuclear deterrent’ for...
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Whole Class Punisment94
Perhaps it did derive from a domestic situation where the use of a carpet slipper in parental chastisement was...