I believe schools and teachers should obey the law even if they disagree with it. You can’t expect students to obey rules unless you do so yourself. So if a teacher unlawfully administered corporal punishment, I believe it is reasonable for them to expect to face the legal consequences of that. Should they be taken to court? In some cases, that would certainly be appropriate, but it seems very much the case that in the modern world, many crimes never reach the stage of criminal prosecution because decisions are taken by police or prosecutors that it’s not necessary to go to that extent – and I would think that there would be cases in this area, where a prosecution would not be in the public interest, as is the case with other crimes. I believe a decision to prosecute should be based on all the facts and circumstances.
Should unlawful incidents of school CP be taken to the Courts15
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Devastation Caused by Discipline11
At another time I was eating my lunch. Miss Collin must have decided that I needed force-feeding and...
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A Window to Spanking1
My parents were genuine Victorians, This means they believed that children were to be mostly seen and not heard....
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Mrs Wilkins68
No wonder he was in such a state when Belinda finished with Johnny, put him to bed, and put...
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Fluids of Discipline4
My bum felt very cold, damp and exposed and I then heard the rattle as she selected a cane...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience64
firstly my experience of hand caning at junior school (across the palm) was that the first stroke could dull...
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Outside the Heads Office36
A curious aspect of this is that there were times when I had to wait longer, knowing I was...
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School Corporal Punishment History40
Unabashed by post-Freudian anxieties about physical contact, the old propensity to hit boys was part of a broader enthusiasm...
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legs smacked by female teachers11
Don’t know about any other FR references but my male teacher at primary school was prone to slap and...