Corporal Punishment: Cruel and Unusual
Corporal punishment is defined by Merriam-Webster as a punishment intended to cause physical pain on a person. This was the typical form of punishment used by slave owners. They would use this form of punishment to make the slaves fear them to keep the slaves under their control. They needed this amount of control to deter the slaves from revolting and causing an uproar because of the harsh ways they were treated. During that time in our history the slave owners would take the slave that they felt was disobedient, disrespectful or causing a problem and punish them. Their punishment could range from flogging to being whipped within inches of their lives. In return the slaves were controlled by fear. For the most part they followed the rules not because they wanted to be good people but more so because they feared the punishment. This type of punishment went on later to be considered cruel and unusual. The United States Constitution did outlaw cruel and unusual punishment on Prisoners and offenders. However, to my dismay and disbelief The United States Supreme Court determined that the eighth amendment is inapplicable to the use of corporal punishment on school children. Although the corporal punishment of …show more content…
The children came from the same kind of back ground. They lived in the same area of town. The study proved that the children who were victims of corporal punishment Performed poorer than the children who were not. Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving “executive functioning”—psychological processes such as planning, abstract thinking and delayed gratification (Tower et al 2011). Meaning children who were apart of corporal punishment could not work as well independently as children who were victims of the
Corporal punishment is defined by Merriam-Webster as a punishment intended to cause physical pain on a person. This was the typical form of punishment used by slave owners. They would use this form of punishment to make the slaves fear them to keep the slaves under their control. They needed this amount of control to deter the slaves from revolting and causing an uproar because of the harsh ways they were treated. During that time in our history the slave owners would take the slave that they felt was disobedient, disrespectful or causing a problem and punish them. Their punishment could range from flogging to being whipped within inches of their lives. In return the slaves were controlled by fear. For the most part they followed the rules not because they wanted to be good people but more so because they feared the punishment. This type of punishment went on later to be considered cruel and unusual. The United States Constitution did outlaw cruel and unusual punishment on Prisoners and offenders. However, to my dismay and disbelief The United States Supreme Court determined that the eighth amendment is inapplicable to the use of corporal punishment on school children. Although the corporal punishment of …show more content…
The children came from the same kind of back ground. They lived in the same area of town. The study proved that the children who were victims of corporal punishment Performed poorer than the children who were not. Children in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving “executive functioning”—psychological processes such as planning, abstract thinking and delayed gratification (Tower et al 2011). Meaning children who were apart of corporal punishment could not work as well independently as children who were victims of the