Corporal Punishment: Help for Teachers

Society accepts violent behaviour and it is modelled in homes, schools and streets. This accepting and modelling is the major cause of violent crime. This is no longer supposition but fact, supported by a heavy weight of evidence. Consider, specifically, corporal punishment in schools. Here is a situation where beneficial change can take place. Evidence is available which suggests that helping teachers to relinquish corporal punishment in schools significantly changes community
attitudes to the use of violence for solving problems and may be the easiest way to reduce violent behaviour and violent crime in the community.