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Abuse or Discipline?
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ABUSE OR DISCIPLINE? Smacking or corporal punishment, as it commonly referred to, is both a contemporary and an emotive issue. The definition of corporal punishment according to Clark (2004) is 'the infliction of physical pain on some offender for his offence' (p.363). This definition encapsulates smacking. Under current law, parents can smack their children providing no marks are left and only 'reasonable chastisement is used' (N.S.P.C.C). While the wording is contemporary, the issue is not. Chief Justice Cockburn stated in 1860, ' by the law of England, a parent... may for the purpose of correcting what is evil in the child, inflict moderate and reasonable corporal chastisement' (Roberts, 2000, p. 259). The language of the current law may be different but the underlying message remains the same. Nevertheless, varying debates have emerged recently over whether Britain should impose an outright ban on smacking. This paper endeavours to outline some of these...
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