ProCon’s Corporal Punishment Quiz
- Question: What is corporal punishment?
- Answer: Corporal means “related to the body,” so corporal punishment means physical punishment, such as hitting someone.
- Question: Of the following four U.S. states where corporal punishment is allowed, which state uses it the most?
- Answer: More than 70 percent of student corporal punishment happens in just four states: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Mississippi schools use corporal punishment the most, accounting for nearly 25 percent of all cases.
- Question: Which of the following has been used in the enforcement of corporal punishment in U.S. schools?
- Answer: All of these have been used in the enforcement of corporal punishment in U.S. schools.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument in favor of using corporal punishment in schools?
- Answer: All of these are common arguments in favor of corporal punishment in schools.
- Question: How many U.S. states ”expressly prohibit” corporal punishment for disciplining children in public schools?
- Answer: 27 U.S. states and D.C. ”expressly prohibit” corporal punishment according to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Question: What is the World Health Organization’s position on corporal punishment?
- Answer: The WHO states that corporal punishment is “a violation of children’s rights to respect for physical integrity and human dignity, health, development, education and freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment..
- Question: What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in Ingraham v. Wright (1977) about the use of corporal punishment in schools?
- Answer: The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright (1977) found that corporal punishment is not cruel and unusual punishment and is therefore allowed in schools.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument against using corporal punishment in schools?
- Answer: All of these are common arguments against corporal punishment in schools.
