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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Mrs Hamilton6
The secretary also doubled up as the school nurse – if you felt unwell, she would give you something,...
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Delay before punishment4
the grave announcement comes to my study at such and such a time when you will receive CP, such...
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Six-of-best12
“Six of the best” came up at least once in virtually every such story, and here means a caning...
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Girls slippered in front of boys12
It caused great delight to the boys when a girl age ten or eleven was called out and told...
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Chastisement Across the Ages2
Together with managing these institutions, he edited a fortnightly review called The Retentionist, not to mention the Bulletin of...
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Attraction to those who received Corporal Punishment2
had I been informed that one of the girls at school had been subject to a slippering.. I would...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster36
Of the other two 12 of the best incidents I mentioned in an earlier post, the punishment at my...
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Caning on the Hands4
If it was hands for girls, the fact they have more fatty tissue down there might also explain a...