corporal punishment Flashcards
1
Q
what was corporal punishment?
A
a social norm
2
Q
who campaigned against corporal punishment?
A
Grace Campbell
3
Q
where did Grace Campbell go to change the laws surrounding corporal punishment?
A
European court
(originally did go to one in Scotland but they didn’t do anything)
4
Q
why did she get the laws surrounding corporal punishment changed?
A
went against human rights(human rights act)- right to life
5
Q
why do some people think corporal punishment is not needed?
A
- nothing can be done to correct miscarriages of justice
- doesn’t deter individuals from committing crimes
6
Q
what does a decline of violence mean?
A
society has undergone ‘civilising process’
7
Q
what is physical punishment replaced with?
A
self- control
