ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
Antigua/Judicial - February 2007
Court orders 12 lashes for juvenile offenders
Four teen boys sentenced
12 strokes for young burglar
15-year-old is ordered caning for housebreaking and larceny
AUSTRALIA
Australia/Schools - June 2007
Abbott suggests return to hitting
Kids may need the strap: Abbott (with video clip)
Vicious behaviour by kids shows abolition of CP is not working, says minister; video shows discussion of caning by schoolkids
Australia/Domestic - September 2007
Brush spanking mum walks free
She punished daughter on bare buttocks with a hearth brush
THE BAHAMAS
Bahamas/Schools - March 2007
New breed of students
But some schools are still using the cane
Bahamas/Judicial - May 2007
Child Rapist Sentenced To Flogging, Prison Term (illustrated)
Offender, pictured, is awarded 10 strokes with the cat
Bahamas/Judicial - June 2007
Rod not spared yet for rapist
Appeal decision awaited on two flogging sentences
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - February 2007
Rowdy student sentenced and lashed
32-year-old gets seven strokes on bare buttocks
UB Peeping Tom Lashed
Court sentences student, 28, to four strokes on his bare buttocks
Botswana/Judicial - March 2007
Dread locked: Rastaman sent to jail
Youth about to be caned goes berserk, is jailed
Botswana/Judicial - April 2007
Angolan Refugee Gets Away With Six Strokes
Caning for 32-year-old who broke girlfriend's arm
Botswana/Judicial - June 2007
Molepolole Headman Justifies Woman's Flogging (illustrated)
She got four lashes; order by village chief, pictured, was ultra vires
Botswana/Judicial - August 2007
For male eyes only?
Court floggings described
Botswana/September - August 2007
Six strokes sends man on the run
He broke loose from cops after caning
BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - February 2007
12 years, 12 strokes for abduction, rape
Court punishes man, 28, for attack on waitress
Brunei/Judicial - March 2007
Police solve serial car break-ins, theft (illustrated)
Three thirtysomething robbers, pictured, get jail and caning
Brunei/Judicial - August 2007
Two get jail and lashes for rape and escape
Heavy caning sentences for twentysomethings
9 Years Jail & 12 Strokes For Convict
Punishment for gang robber, 34
Over 1,000 foreigners deported
53 overstayers caned so far this year
Brunei/Judicial - December 2007
68 illegal workers caned in Brunei
Most receive three strokes
CANADA
Canada/Judicial - February 2007
Once Upon a Crime: Robbers get the lash
1931 Winnipeg case recalled: two "brazen" bank robbers sentenced to cat o' nine tails
Canada/Domestic - April 2007
Un cours de fessée! (with video clip)
School board introduces spanking lessons for parents; video shows simulated parental CP
Canada/Illicit - November 2007
Rumours run wild in Que. police initiation probe
"Rookie cop initiation nights" included "a firm smack on the buttocks"
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Republic/Schools - June 2007
Poll: Kids need stricter discipline
25% want teachers to be able to spank pupils
FRANCE
France/Domestic - December 2007
French parents back smacking, survey shows
87% apply la fessée to their children, but other forms of CP are rare
GHANA
Ghana/Schools - October 2007
Cane them into line
Chiefs want ordinary teachers to have the right to use CP, not just head teachers
Ghana/Schools - November 2007
African cane tames unruly British pupils
UK parents send teens to Ghana for strict schooling, with caning; kids agree it works
GUYANA
Guyana/Schools - January 2007
Row over corporal punishment
Education Ministry says it is standing firm to retain CP
INDIA
India/Schools - February 2007
Sale of cane goes on unabated
Shopkeepers sell several canes a day to teachers
IRAN
Iran/Judicial - May 2007
Whipped for two beers (illustrated)
Man, 35, shows weals on back and legs after 130 lashes for drinking
Iran/Judicial - August 2007
Rough justice: 80 lashes for 'immoral' Iranian who abused alcohol and had sex (illustrated)
Flogging of 25-year-old is pictured as large crowd watches
JAMAICA
Jamaica/Judicial - January 2007
Prison escapee captured after 26 yrs
He received 5 of his sentence of 10 lashes on the way in in 1974
JAPAN
Japan/Schools - January 2007
Japan schools to rethink beating
Govt-appointed panel calls for end to policy of leniency for recalcitrant schoolkids
Japan/Schools - February 2007
Govt redefines corporal punishment by teachers
New guidelines still forbid inflicting physical pain
KENYA
Kenya/Schools - April 2007
Teachers Still Use the Cane
School CP was 'abolished' six years ago but is still in use
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - January 2007
Jail, rotan for raping virgin (illustrated)
35-year-old, pictured, gets 10 strokes of the cane
Sex predator gets 40 years' jail, 24 strokes (illustrated)
Maximum caning sentence for repeat offender, 23, pictured
Six of the best for illegal entry
Jail and caning for seven foreigners
Taxi driver gets 20 years' jail and rotan for rape (illustrated)
Four strokes for 31-year-old, pictured, who had already been jailed and caned for an earlier offence
17 Indons given maximum sentence for entering country illegally
Six strokes each for another batch of young immigrants
Youth gets 15 years and four strokes of rotan for rape, molest (illustrated)
24-year-old, pictured, attacked girl of 13
Indon gets 14 years, 5 strokes for seriously hurting colleague (illustrated)
Caning for sailor, 24, pictured, who got into a fight
Malaysia/Schools - January 2007
Form taskforce to check violence in schools: Lam Thye
Crime prevention panel says schools must use the rotan whenever necessary to reinforce discipline and prevent violence
Malaysia/Judicial - February 2007
Former used-car salesman gets 10 years jail, 10 lashes for drugs (illustrated)
Caning ordered for 43-year-old, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - March 2007
Jail, rotan for drug trafficking
Ten strokes for 28-year-old
Offenders to pay price as adults
Two 22-year-olds get 10 strokes each, but as they were under 18 at the time of the crime, the punishment is to be delivered with the lighter juvenile cane
Whipping up a case
Maybe employers of illegals will now be caned as well as the immigrants themselves, says editorial
Illegal migrant workers in Malaysia may escape the cane
Lawyers call for the abolition of judicial CP
Incestuous stepdad gets reduced sentence, additional strokes
Offender, 40, to have 15 strokes of rotan instead of nine
Malaysia/Schools - March 2007
War on indiscipline in schools intensifies
New regulations set out procedure for schoolboy CP
School discipline: Better to use cane than to churn out rotten adults
Former teacher supports careful CP under strict guidelines
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2007
38 years, 32 strokes for rapist bomoh (illustrated)
45-year-old, pictured, used wife's help to rape teenagers
10 years' jail and rotan for cabby on drug charge (illustrated)
10 strokes for man, 41, pictured, who had packets of heroin
Man gets six years for rape (illustrated)
Plus three strokes of the rotan for 28-year-old, pictured
Cane my client and set him free, lawyer tells prison
Drug man's jail term is up following appeal, but prison waiting for instructions before giving him his 10 strokes
Malaysia/Schools - April 2007
Malaysian teacher caned by school principal
Thought 28-year-old teacher was a student
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2007
Addict seeks more strokes for daughter's love (illustrated)
30-year-old, pictured, gets 10 strokes of the rotan
Worker gets 60 years for sodomy (illustrated)
And 22 strokes of the cane for sexual offender, 35, pictured
Move whips up interest
JCP not included in new trafficking bill
Penalty upped from one to 12 strokes of rotan
27-year-old embezzler's sentence dramatically increased on appeal
Malaysia/Schools - May 2007
Grateful for being caned? (illustrated)
"Fetch the cane and touch your toes" was motto of 1960s headmaster, pictured
Profile: Great Scot
Former pupils fondly recall caning headmaster
Malaysia/Judicial - June 2007
Jailed but shows no remorse (illustrated)
12 years plus 14 strokes of the cane for man, 28, pictured, who sodomised boys
16 years 'too long' for drug offender (illustrated)
30-year-old, pictured, is also to receive 10 strokes of the rotan
Five bus hijackers jailed
They also all get two to three strokes of the cane
Judge flays man for raping daughter
Father, 40, sentenced to 40 years' jail and 24 strokes
Bid to abolish caning for child offenders
Courts' power to sentence boys to whipping may be removed
Malaysia/Judicial - July 2007
14 years' jail, rotan for two Sathia gang members (illustrated)
Twentysomething multiple robbers, pictured, ordered to be caned
Jail and rotan for man who raped schoolteacher
He was 17 at the time; now 22, he gets 12 years in jail and three strokes of the cane
Raping and sodomising niece: Man gets 25 yrs, 17 strokes
Heavy punishment for 38-year-old
10,299 aliens tried, only 33 deported
2,922 canings in seven months
Malaysia/Schools - July 2007
Seeking solutions to a punishing task
Education minister discusses caning guidelines
Back disciplinary action, PTAs urged
Parents must not criticise discipline teachers, says MP
Malaysia/Judicial - August 2007
Malaysian minister defends caning of prisoners as gruesome video appears on internet
But nothing new to readers of this website
Restaurant owner gets rotan and jail for hiring illegals (illustrated)
33-year-old, pictured, is first-ever employer to be caned
Cracking the whip
Caning of employer of illegals sends much-needed message, says newspaper editorial
Rapist dad gets 50 years' jail
And 24 strokes of the cane for man, 45, who raped own daughters
Malaysia/Schools - August 2007
Don wants parents to stop meddling in teachers' actions
Teachers must be free to take disciplinary action, he says
School says sorry for caning that left bruises
Parents demand explanation for bruised buttocks after 30 students disciplined
Malaysia/Judicial - September 2007
'Guilty', but he wants to get off easy (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, is sentenced to six strokes
Sorry sight but judge unmoved (illustrated)
Rapist, 36, pictured, has 12-stroke caning sentence confirmed on appeal
Jail and rotan for rape, abduction (illustrated)
19 years in jail and five rotan strokes for 28-year-old, pictured
Malaysia/Schools - September 2007
Students may get public caning
Government still pondering new school CP rules
Malaysia/Judicial - October 2007
Ten years for rape of minor (illustrated)
And five strokes of the rotan for 48-year-old, pictured
Rapist-robber gets 18 years and rotan (illustrated)
Assailant, pictured, is to receive eight strokes of the cane
Malaysia/Judicial - November 2007
Convict vents anger on lensmen (illustrated)
49-year-old, pictured, gets jail plus rotan for sodomy
43 years' jail, rotan for pimping, sexual abuse
Man, 32, is awarded 20 strokes of the cane for offences including procuring 14-year-old girl
15 years for forging papers
"Harshest sentence ever meted out" for falsifying permits includes 6 strokes for Indonesian, 37
Ex-construction worker gets 10 years, 10 strokes of rotan
33-year-old possessed 428g of cannabis
Malaysia/Schools - November 2007
Bring back public caning
Malaysian schoolgirls could face caning, amid calls for more classroom discipline
Strong support for caning
'Stop naughty schoolgirls with the cane'
Girls should be caned too but do it right
Legalising of CP for errant female students get thumbs-up from readers, parents, teachers
Malaysia/Schools - December 2007
Caning does more harm than good
Using the rod does discipline children
Discipline teachers have no choice
Caning of schoolgirls is nothing new
Caning in school should be the last resort
School CP controversy rages on
MALDIVES
Maldives/Judicial - July 2007
Another pedophile given banishment sentence
Plus 19 lashes for having repeated sex with schoolgirl
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand/Schools - February 2007
School in corporal punishment spotlight (with video clip)
Christian school gets parents to come and wield the paddle
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - April 2007
Man, Student Flogged for Stealing
27-year-old gets 8 strokes and 30 days in prison; teen boy gets 12 strokes of the cane on the spot
Nigeria/Judicial - August 2007
Sharia Court Jails 13-year-old
Boy thief is also given 12 strokes of the cane
Nigeria/Schools - August 2007
Terror gangs in Osun public schools
Prefects given 25 strokes of the cane
Nigeria/Judicial - October 2007
Inside a Sharia Court (with video clips)
TV cameras capture judicial canings of several offenders
Nigeria/Judicial - November 2007
Adultery - Man Gets 100 Strokes of Cane
27-year-old "promptly caned publicly" after court hearing
Iron Thieves Get Flogging Or Jail Option From Court
Ten strokes of the cane is choice for two who stole rods
Nigeria/Schools - December 2007
Osun govt re-introduces corporal punishment in schools
Authorities worried by levels of indiscipline in secondary schools
PAKISTAN
Pakistan/Judicial - October 2007
Islamic vigilante group lashes kidnappers
Three men get public whipping in Swat
QATAR
Qatar/Judicial - February 2007
Expat sentenced to 40 lashes
Arab ordered to be flogged and deported after drinking
99 lashes for impregnating woman out of wedlock
Plus a year in jail for 36-year-old
Qatar/Judicial - November 2007
'My whole back felt like it was on fire': As a British teacher faces 40 lashes, one man speaks out (illustrated)
First-person recollection by Briton, pictured, of 1993 flogging
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - March 2007
Imprisonment, lashes for run-away Saudi woman
20-year-old sent to reformatory and ordered to receive 60 lashes
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - April 2007
Runaway maids face jail and flogging
70 lashes each for two Sri Lankan housemaids
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - July 2007
2 Sentenced for Riyadh Taxi Robbery
Jail and lashes for two Saudis
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - August 2007
Jail, Lashes and Fine for Fraudster
He will receive 50 lashes at each of 20 whipping sessions
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - November 2007
Drunk Driving: National Player Gets 80 Lashes
Alleged intervention by "important personalities" fails to save sportsman from a whipping
Two Cases Shed Light on Floggings in Muslim World
International focus on case of woman sentenced to lashes as punishment for being raped
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 2007
Jail, cane for brains behind Malaysian passport racket (illustrated)
Four strokes of the cane for 35-year-old, pictured
Cabby gets jail, caning for vandalising speed camera (illustrated)
Taxi driver, 43, pictured, ordered to receive three strokes of the cane
Man raped stepdaughter again and again
38-year-old is sentenced to the maximum 24 strokes of the cane
Doctor basher (illustrated)
Former drug addict, 46, pictured, to have 12 strokes of the cane after punching and robbing GP
24 years' jail, cane for rapist stepdad
24-stroke caning ordered for 29-year-old
Singapore/Judicial - February 2007
Drunk Thai worker attached man at friend's bidding
Eight years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for 31-year-old
Sentence cut for waiter who helped boss
Six-stroke caning reduced to 2 strokes on appeal
Singapore/Judicial - March 2007
Jail, caning for 2 Nepalese students
Youths, 20 and 22, get three strokes each for assault; victim had himself recently been caned for overstaying
Agent gets jail, cane for molesting 2 maids (illustrated)
Maid agent, 39, pictured, jailed 14 months and ordered six strokes
He escapes hangman twice
25 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane for trafficker, 36
Rapist gets 16 years, 10 strokes (illustrated)
Pet shop owner with record of gangsterism, 36, pictured, raped girl, 14
8 years' jail, 21 strokes for robber who cornered girls, woman in lifts (illustrated)
27-year-old recidivist, pictured, robbed women at knifepoint
Man gets jail, cane for role in robbery (illustrated)
12 strokes and 10 years' jail for robber, 45, pictured
10 years' jail, cane for man who tried to rape 13-year-old (illustrated)
37-year-old, pictured, is to receive 14 strokes
Burglar has 24 strokes halved, jailed 3 more years (illustrated)
On appeal, less cane but more prison for student, 27, pictured
Singapore/Judicial - April 2007
Man gets jail, cane for harassing debtors
22-year-old is ordered to be given 14 strokes of the cane
The butt of jokes
Actor, baring buttocks for first time, has to have four cane scars applied by special effects department for TV play
$270 robbery left man dead; 4 jailed, get 24 strokes each (illustrated)
Four twentysomethings, all sentenced to maximum caning, are pictured
Man jailed, caned for role in cellphone heist (illustrated)
Six years and 12 strokes for 37-year-old, pictured
Man gets jail, cane for molesting 2 boys in his flat (illustrated)
Gay bus driver, 27, pictured, given 13 months' prison and three strokes for fondling 16-year-olds
Rapist gets 28 years jail and 24 strokes (illustrated)
'Brutal' 33-year-old, pictured, raped and sodomised 3 young women in their homes in the space of 9 days
Singapore/Reformatory - April 2007
In other homes, counselling and 'time-out' method often work
Caning reserved for serious disciplinary problems in children's homes
Rules in place
Three boys caned at orphanage since it introduced CP last autumn
Orphanage ticked off 2 assistant supervisors
Deputy supervisor had been sacked for punching boys; orphanage is pictured
Singapore/Schools - April 2007
'Gangster school' fights back with lots of heart
Turn-around secondary school used to mete out 80 canings a year; former student, now 19, recalls three canings
Singapore/Judicial - May 2007
7 years, cane for phone jacking, break-ins (illustrated)
34-year-old, pictured, gets six-stroke sentence after over 130 offences
Jail, cane for man who got teens to rob woman (illustrated)
Six strokes for robber, 41, pictured
Jail and caning for man who fooled cop into handing over gun (illustrated)
Conman, 32, pictured, jailed 14 years, is also to receive 18 strokes
Singapore/Judicial - June 2007
5 jailed for robbing man of fake gold chain
Six strokes each for twentysomethings
Man who hit doctor gets jail and caning (illustrated)
29-year-old, pictured, is to receive three strokes of the cane
Vandal caned three strokes more than ordered
Administrative error means 20-year-old is given eight strokes instead of five
Singapore/Domestic - July 2007
Will the rod harden our soft and pampered youth?
Unwillingness to discipline the young when needed; parental caning worked for me, says student, 23
Singapore/Judicial - July 2007
3 extra strokes for prisoner: Govt regrets error
Prisoners given chance to confirm sentence beforehand
Official statement about prison error in which offender, 20, got eight strokes instead of the five ordered
I only want enough for my son
Govt sorry for error
Mother of excessively caned prisoner bargains for compensation
Why weren't processes tightened after '88 error?
Letterwriter concerned about administrative mistake over prison caning
Mastermind gets 15 years' jail, 24 strokes
Heavy penalty for 39-year-old in cellphone heist
Bogus S-League footballer jailed and caned
Nigerian, 33, is given four strokes for illegal entry and punching a policeman
Cane victim's lawyer: Govt open to 'a fair settlement'
More negotiations over prison error
CJ expresses deep concern over extra caning case: Jayakumar
Law Minister reports to Parliament on prison error
Caning mistake: Judge punished
Judge who signed off on wrong number of strokes is taken off criminal cases
Jail, caning for man who molested girl, 5 (illustrated)
32-year-old, pictured, gets three years and six strokes
Singapore/Judicial - August 2007
Once successful businessman goes on crime spree (illustrated)
41-year-old, pictured, gets five years plus 24 strokes of cane
Once a hero, now he's killed a man
Twelve strokes of the cane for bartender, 27
Jail, caning for man who knifed friend (illustrated)
Attacker, 30, pictured, is to receive six strokes of the cane
Son's stabbing charge helps father come around (illustrated)
27-year-old, pictured, will be given 12 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Prisons - August 2007
Commit a serious offence in prison? You risk a caning
Newspaper explains "little-known" rules on CP for internal prison offences
Singapore/Judicial - September 2007
22 years' jail for robbing and raping two prostitutes (illustrated)
28-year-old, pictured, also gets 24 strokes of the cane
Fatal assault near nightspot: 7 jailed, caned (illustrated)
Aged between 20 and 33, all seven are pictured
Robber gets jail, caning
Eight strokes for 23-year-old
Gruesome murder by m-cycle gang: Six get jail, caning (illustrated)
Sentences ranging from 6 to 18 strokes for six offenders, pictured
Duo jailed for fatal stabbing 10 years ago (illustrated)
One of them, now aged 35, pictured, will also receive a six-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - October 2007
Lightning conductor thief sentenced
27 months' jail and 15 strokes of the cane for vandal, 43
Singapore/Judicial - November 2007
Man gets jail, caning for attempted robbery (illustrated)
Recidivist, 45, pictured, ordered to undergo six strokes of the cane
Robber gets six years, 24 strokes
22-year-old preyed on Chinese women's valuables
Cabby gets 3 years, 12 strokes for helping robbers escape
Taxi driver, 41, intentionally aided criminals
Man who robbed clinic gets 8 years, 24 strokes (illustrated)
"Unremorseful" repeat offender, 33, is pictured
Singapore/Judicial - December 2007
He goes from loan shark victim to loan shark runner
37-year-old is ordered to undergo an eight-stroke caning
Woodlands serial molester sentenced to jail, caning (illustrated)
Ten strokes of the cane for youth, 21, pictured
Jail, cane for man who broke into 40 premises
Serial robber, 42, jailed for 9 years with 24 strokes of the cane
Half-naked man attacked boy
Three years and three strokes for 23-year-old sex offender
Are these ex-cons jumping on the bandwagon to get a big pay-off?
Now more former prisoners claim they received more strokes of the cane than ordered
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - February 2007
Mother lays assault charges against teacher
13 pupils caned 5 strokes each on their backsides for not wearing uniform
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea/Schools - March 2007
North Korean Teen Defectors Face Huge Challenges
Students, pictured, are surprised to find school caning is common, "unheard of" in communist North
TAIWAN
Taiwan/Judicial - March 2007
Caning for sex offenders: DPP (illustrated)
Legislators urge introduction of JCP in a country that has never had it before; whip is shown at press conference, pictured
MOJ to consider caning for sex offenders
Government agrees to look at flogging proposal
Taiwan/Judicial - May 2007
MOJ opposes caning for sex offenders
Government rejects JCP proposal
TANZANIA
Tanzania/Judicial - March 2007
Prisoner on the run gets 30 years
Plus 24 strokes of the cane as sentence in absentia for missing 38-year-old
Tanzania/Judicial - May 2007
Migori resident gets 5 years jail term
Plus 12 strokes of the cane for assault with intent to steal
Bukoba residents jailed 30 years
Three aged 22, 28 and 35 also get 12 strokes each for firearms offences
Tanzania/Judicial - June 2007
Appeal court upholds 30-year jail term
Four armed robbers also ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane each
Tanzania/Judicial - July 2007
Four armed robbers sentenced to 30 years
They also each get 12 strokes of the cane
Tanzania/Judicial - October 2007
Dar resident is sentenced to 30 years jail and 12 strokes over rape
Court orders corporal punishment for 29-year-old who raped schoolgirl
UGANDA
Uganda/Schools - April 2007
RDC Canes Teacher
District official gives teacher taste of his own medicine
Uganda/Military - December 2007
Soldier caned for knocking Musaeveni's van
100 strokes administered in front of his fellow guards
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UAE/Judicial - February 2007
Lashing 'is meant to be a deterrent, not torture'
Lawyers explain flogging guidelines
UAE/Judicial - April 2007
Legal Issue: Out With The Lash (illustrated)
Non-Muslims now immune from JCP under federal law; a whip is pictured
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Schools - January 2007
Sparing the rod
Caning was abolished 20 years ago. Do some teachers still wish it hadn't been?
UK/Schools - February 2007
Parents: Bring back the cane to restore order
'Bring back cane,' survey hints (illustrated)
Mums and dads say schools have gone soft; posed picture shows caning on hand
UK/Domestic - March 2007
Smacking 'would help cut crime'
Black police chief says CP is necessary for black boys' discipline but parents are afraid to use it
UK/Schools - March 2007
In rod we trusted
Historical overview of school CP on 20th anniversary of its abolition
UK/Schools - April 2007
How Dave the fruit thief was given six of the best with a clothes brush (illustrated)
Leader of the Opposition, pictured as a boy, was spanked at prep school in 1970s
UK/Schools - May 2007
They shouldn't have given up tawse so easily (illustrated)
Scottish columnist appalled at state of school discipline; posed picture of a primary-school tawsing
UK/Schools - June 2007
"We don't want 'barbaric' cane to return"
No going back to traditional school discipline, says government minister
UK/Schools - July 2007
School celebrates 100 years
London primary school throws open its archives, including caning record from 1969
'Caning book' from 1902 is a grim lesson for truants (illustrated)
Drawing of c.1900 shows boy about to be caned; northern junior school reveals extracts from its 1902 punishment book
UK/Schools - September 2007
"Non-school" stands defiant
Christian "tuition group" may smack its students because it's not legally a school
UK/Schools - November 2007
Mother sent stripper to school as a treat
Boy, 16, gets spanked on his birthday in front of class
Teachers in need of all our support
Columnist laments "these wishy-washy times", recalls slipperings by revered Latin teacher
UNITED STATES
US/Domestic - January 2007
Anti-Spanking Proposals Are Work Of Ideologues, Zealots
Comment on plan to outlaw parental CP in California: Argument over spanking is a shouting match between two equally untenable positions, says psychologist
US/Schools - January 2007
Union County Schools Ban Corporal Punishment
6-3 vote brings paddling to an end in a North Carolina district
Schools can't take a whack at discipline
Measured, judicious use of CP is acceptable and beneficial form of discipline, avers columnist
Proposal would give immunity to schools that spank (with video clip)
Kansas senator to introduce bill
Mississippi bucks corporal punishment trend
A look at some schools that still paddle
Power of the paddle: Schools debate corporal punishment
Controversy in Alabama, with school statistics
School Board eliminates paddling
CP banned in an Indiana district
US/Domestic - February 2007
Child spanking is discipline, not a form of abuse
Even liberal press says "Nanny-state" anti-spanking bill is absurd, observes columnist
Proposal to ban spanking is revised
California politician backs down after bill to ban parental CP is ridiculed
Student Stripped, Spanked By Aunt In Classroom
Second-grader whipped in front of class at MD Christian school
US/Judicial - February 2007
Trenton doled out punishments at whipping post
19th-century public floggings in New Jersey recalled
US/Schools - February 2007
Snobbery can run rampant in everyday life
Columnist recalls paddling by gym teacher
High School "Tails" of Yore
Reminiscences of 1950s paddlings
Students tour historic schoolhouse
Classroom miscreants in early 1800s had to bend over teacher's desk for paddling
Punishment in familiar form
Paddling statistics for some Alabama schools
Bill would ban swats in schools in Texas
State legislator files bill to ban CP
Area schools don't view spanking in same way
Attitudes to CP in various Texas districts
Spanking bill dies in Senate
Attempt to make school CP easier in Kansas fails
US/Domestic - March 2007
An ounce of prevention
Probation officer with new book out on juvenile delinquency says California bill to ban spanking is "ridiculous"
US/Schools - March 2007
'73 vs. '06 -- are we better off?
Columnist receives interesting e-mail
Coach spanked for paddling players
Probation for Indiana basketball coach
Bill would end corporal punishment in schools
Abolition of paddling mooted again in N. Carolina
Don't spare the rod
Writer, speaking from personal experience, is not convinced by anti-paddling propaganda
Person schools rarely use corporal punishment authority
Not much paddling in one NC district
Young voices
NC students' opinions on CP are divided
Chatham to review corporal discipline
Paddling at issue for another NC school board
Conway Schools To Reconsider Paddling (with video clip)
Paddling Could Come Back To Conway Schools
A return to CP is on the cards for a school district in Arkansas
US/Schools - April 2007
Who's paddling our children?
CP statistics for various N. Carolina school districts
One district makes paddling work
At district with 508 paddlings in latest year, superintendent says it is effective
Burke reports more spanking than any other county
County No. 3 in paddlings
More NC paddling figures
Schools consider ban on spanking
Another NC district may pre-empt state-level abolition
Poll: Residents support corporal punishment
54% of adults questioned in NC want paddling retained
Western ranks near top in spanking stats
Paddling figures for some schools in Ohio
US/Domestic - May 2007
Pols deserve swat for proposed spanking ban
Another attempt in Boston City Council to stop parents disciplining kids
US/Schools - May 2007
Parents Give Teachers License to Paddle
In one Ohio school district, spanking is always parents' choice; CP statistics given for other districts
Principal investigated for disciplining student with paddling
Student allegedly bruised in Tennessee
Wooddale Middle teacher criticizes MCS's Blue Ribbon Plan (with video clip)
No discipline since paddling was abolished in Memphis, she says
Paddling policy revised
An Alabama district gives CP rights back to ordinary teachers, not just administrators
House denies spanking measure
Bill to ban school CP fails in North Carolina
Jury hears of abuse by coaches
"Receiving wood" punishment as TN basketballers bent over chair
Coaches in Hamilton High paddling case deny any wrongdoing
Spanking was a tradition at TN school, they say
US/Domestic - June 2007
Spanking bill rejected
Bill to outlaw parental CP in California is thrown out
Spanking isn't so bad, is it?
Columnist puts a case for domestic CP
US/Schools - June 2007
Algood principal reinstated
Cleared of any wrongdoing over elementary paddling in TN
Coaches prevail in abuse lawsuit
Paddling of teen sportsmen vindicated by jury in TN court case
Life has consequences worse than paddling
Former teacher remains unconvinced by critics of CP
MCS Board member wants to resolve Blue Ribbon controversy (with video clip)
Memphis CP abolition dispute rumbles on and on
Schools call for parents' input on student behavior policy
Proposal to restrict school paddling in Montgomery AL
Corporal punishment: Should schools spank your kids?
CP abolished 1991 in Jackson MS, but some now want it restored
Corporal punishment deserves legitimate consideration
Reasonable to revisit a policy that once worked well, avers Mississippi editorialist
Schools OK pass, fail policy
An Alabama district refines its CP rules
US/Domestic - July 2007
Father faces abuse charge for allegedly spanking daughter
Bruises discovered on child in Rhode Island
State court sides with parents over spanking
Boy, 12, got 36 paddle licks in Minnesota
US/Schools - July 2007
Discipline at home, at school should be a joint effort
Former teacher says paddling solved problems, but urges strict guidelines; teachers must be trained in administering it
Most districts still use paddle
More on CP situation in Mississippi schools
Corporal punishment could help deter a life of crime
Schools are running to ruin without the paddle, claims reader
Memphis City Schools: Blue Ribbon Plan Criticized (with video clip)
Latest instalment in Memphis CP abolition dispute
US/Domestic - August 2007
The Judge and the belt (illustrated)
Ohio court rules that marks, pictured, on 8-year-old's back do not signify excessive punishment
US/Schools - August 2007
Parents against paddle, suspension (with video clip)
Boy, 10, suspended after parents refuse spanking permission
Use of paddles splits schools, parents
Controversy over CP in Georgia
Punishing replies (with video clip)
Angry parents, teachers and students, pictured, meet to criticize plan under which Memphis City Schools abandoned CP
US/Illicit - September 2007
Officer charged in alleged spanking (illustrated)
Texas cop, pictured, said to have spanked nude woman, 18
Authorities investigating paddling allegations against Judge Thomas (illustrated)
Young prisoners say they had to drop their pants for spanking from Alabama judge, pictured
US/Schools - September 2007
Board decision near on spanking ban
CP abolition mooted in an NC district
Perry Co. Paddling Incident Concerns Parents
CP in dispute at a Tennessee middle school
Public district limits spanking
Paddling rules tightened in one Florida district
When spanking becomes abuse
CP situation in various Oklahoma schools
Should Corporal Punishment be Brought Back?
Banned in Michigan in 1989 but now a local politician wants paddling restored
Board bans corporal punishment
No more paddling in one NC district
Parents Upset After Coach Allegedly Bruises Child
School paddling raises concerns over corporal punishment
Boy, 12, shows bruise on leg after paddling
US/Domestic - October 2007
A trip to the woodshed holds a lesson for all parents (with video clip)
Father whipped his 8-year-old's bottom
US/Illicit - October 2007
Judge resigns; complaints include spanking inmates
Sequel to courthouse paddling allegations
US/Judicial - October 2007
Whipping post was preferred punishment
Woman was sentenced to 30 lashes by Virginia court in 1880
US/Reformatory - October 2007
Orphanage changes procedures after shortcomings found in April
Baptist institution dished out "inordinately high" number of paddlings
Change vs. experience at heart of 15th-D race
New Jersey assembly candidate wants a reform school at which professional disciplinarians would spank errant youths on their backsides
US/Schools - October 2007
Coaches' playbooks shouldn't include paddling students
Comment on case of Texas student, 12
Some seek alternative to school corporal punishment
Paddling brings great results, says Oklahoma principal
Spanking may not make the grade
CP situation at various Oklahoma schools
Sparing the rod is the trend
Paddlings down in some Mississippi areas
US/Domestic - November 2007
State court to decide on legal limits of spanking
Case involved paddling of son, 12
Should Spanking Your Child Be Illegal? (illustrated)
Parental CP, pictured, under threat from proposed Massachusetts law
Anti-spanking bill is folly
Already plenty of laws against real child abuse, notes editorial
Bay State nurse wants corporal punishment banned in household
More on MA legislative bill against domestic CP
US/Schools - November 2007
Parents Object to Paddling
Mississippi junior high school in spotlight after punishment of boy
Trial set in corporal punishment case involving educator
18-year-old female student allegedly bruised in paddling
Caddo Mills student says high school's paddling punishment left marks (illustrated)
Texas boy, 15, pictured, took photo of his bottom after discipline for dress-code violation
US/Domestic - December 2007
Some lawmakers need a good spanking
Columnist is scandalized by Massachusetts anti-spanking proposal
Spare the rod, spoil the child?
Parental corporal punishment is discussed
US/Schools - December 2007
Loudon principal investigated in alleged paddling of 11-year-old (with video clip)
Boy's grandmother had given permission for the spanking
School paddling ban sought
Legislative moves to outlaw CP in Ohio
Caddo Mills school board backs principal in paddling incident
Boy was disciplined in line with policy; public turns out in support of principal
Strickland supports paddling ban
Ohio governor says he would sign bill to stop school CP
Push To Ban Paddling In Schools
More on proposed Ohio legislation
Area school districts against paddling students
Some Ohio districts have not used CP for many years
Bring Back The Paddle
Give errant students the right to opt for CP, urges columnist
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe/Judicial - February 2007
Lustful schoolboy to be caned
Court orders two strokes for teenager for fondling girl's breasts
Zimbabwe/Judicial - April 2007
Love of cellphones earns juvenile two canes
Magistrate orders thieving 17-year-old to report to prison for a caning
Zimbabwe/Judicial - May 2007
Naughty boys to get 3 strokes
Two teenagers caned for stealing goods
17-Year-Old Rapist Sentenced to Caning
He raped his five-year-old cousin
Zimbabwe/Judicial - June 2007
Juvenile to Be Caned
Boy, 17, will receive four strokes for stealing
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence for the whole year irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2007
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