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
Birching
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Birching is a form of corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically used to strike the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally the back and/or shoulders.
Birching of a prison inmate during interrogation; The Netherlands, 17th century
A magistrate's committal for birching of two children dated 4 December 1899 displayed in West Midlands Police Museum, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
Birching in a women's prison, US (c. 1890)
1839 caricature by George Cruikshank of a school flogging