Caning
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Caning is a form of corporal punishment that consists of administering strikes to the body with what is typically a rattan cane. Generally, this is applied to the recipient's bare or clothed buttocks;
A display of rattan judicial canes from the Johor Bahru Prison museum, Malaysia
Caning stand and cane formerly used in Hong Kong prisons under British rule
Visible welts typically sustained from foot caning
Cartoon of schoolboys receiving the cane from 1888
Corporal punishment
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A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. When it is inflicted on minors, especially in home and school settings, its methods
Caning
…Caning is a form of corporal punishment that consists of administering strikes (known as "strokes") to the body with what is typically a rattan cane. Generally, this is applied to the recipient's…
John Stubbs has his hand cut off, England, 1579
Birching, Germany, 17th century
Foot whipping an offender, Persia, 1910s
Corporal punishment in a women's prison in the United States (ca. 1890)