United States: Members of the public are interviewed in Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2007, on their views about corporal punishment in school in light of a bill to abolish paddling in the state. Why was this film made? There can be little doubt that it is the same footage as that referred to in this Nov 2006 news item, which says that it was taken in 2004 for an educational documentary "to deter people from taking up a life of crime", and that it was also shown to parliamentarians and other policymakers. United States: TV news report (Feb 2015) about an (unsuccessful) attempt to abolish school paddling in Tennessee.
A further follow-up to the previous two items. TV news report from Memphis school board town-hall meeting in July 2007 over continuing controversy about the Blue Ribbon Plan, which abolished CP. Speakers at the meeting are seen calling for the return of the paddle, and the reporter waves a paddle around for the camera.
In another Texas district, a paddled boy's mother complains about bruises on her son's bottom. The boy describes his punishment. Video clips Comment and analysis by C. Farrell With many thanks to the reader who kindly provided the translations from Malay
United States: PBS TV interview (2011) (6 minutes) with Peter Moskos, who discusses his book advocating flogging as an optional replacement for imprisonment in certain cases. United States: A TV news report on school CP, Feb 2012. Schools in rural Texas explain their paddling policies, for which there is local support. A senior high-school student says he prefers receiving CP to other punishments.
A North Carolina school district abolishes corporal punishment, though many local parents would have wished it kept.
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