ABSTRACT
Conflict of opinion as to the merits and demerits of corporal punishment in modern society—Fear as a preventive of crime—Different varieties of fear—Degrading nature of fear induced by corporal punishment—The child which has been whipped into obedience a pitiful object — The sense of injustice aroused by corporal punishment—Need for adequate supervision where flogging and birching are in force—Abolition of corporal punishment inevitable with the further advance of civilization—Fixing the responsibility for and treating juvenile crime on psychological lines one of the future developments in penology.
