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Introduction
Corporal punishment is a way of denouncing a mistake in which the offender is inflicted pain or subjected to some bodily harm. Corporal punishment is used with expectations that the offender will bring the wrongful action to extinction. The punishment has been prohibited since it amounts to physical assault, which is against, the human rights of the offender. Corporal punishment is no longer a legal practice in most states as a way of fighting crime in U.S. Instead, constitutional, public policy, and biblical approaches have been adopted.
Discussion
Corporal punishment is not only in schools. Domestic corporal punishment is for parents or guardians to punish their children while judicial corporal punishment is a part of a criminal sentence. Independent on the category, corporal punishment has been banned in many juvenile correction facilities located in United States. Instead, a constitutional process is initiated to bring the unacceptable behavior to extinction like hard labor. Also, publicity through the media can be a solution, whereby the crime is publicized to shame the offenders (Cumming & Masse 2007).
In schools, corporal punishment should not be reinstated since is not effective in deterring misbehavior like fighting, failure to do assignments, and disobedience to the school rules and regulations. Beating a student is hurting because it erodes the educators and students trust, and at worse degrade the entire education environment. The public policy advocates the use of counseling in order to bring out the desired behavior change among the offenders.
Corporal punishment legitimizes violence and is never a long-term solution to classroom misbehavior. Indeed it is an act which is incompatible with the standards of human rights that prohibit cruel and degrading treatment, thus protecting children from mental abuse and physical violence.
The "Golden rule" in most of the religions including Christian advocates for ethics of reciprocity in dealing with the human actions. An instance is that of Leviticus 19:18 "...thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself" and Luke 6:31that others should be treated the way we expect to be done. These biblical ethics argue against inflicting pain on others as a way of correction. The best way is to inculcate virtues and morals in accordance to the biblical teachings (Ralph, 2008).
Conclusion
Corporal punishment is not the best way of correcting the wrongdoers. Proper application of constitutional measures, acceptable public policy makers, and universal biblical virtues and morals, will create long-term solutions for crimes and juvenile delinquency.