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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Punishment which deliberately inflicts physical pain on an offender, for example whipping.
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Paper 2
Revise: Contrasting Religious Beliefs on Corporal PunishmentCorporal punishment deliberately inflicts physical pain as a punishment for wrongdoing. In criminal justice, examples include whipping and amputation. It is different from imprisonment, which removes freedom, and from capital punishment, which means execution.
Punishment that deliberately inflicts physical pain on an offender, such as whipping.
Do not confuse corporal punishment with capital punishment, or assume that support for physical discipline of children means support for physical punishment of criminals.
Keep discussion of corporal punishment focused on criminal punishment unless the question asks about another setting.
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