The end of the rod
Subtitle: a history of the abolition of corporal punishment in the courts of England and Wales
By: Raymond L. Gard.
Publisher: BrownWalker Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599425184
Subjects: Corporal punishment -- England -- History; Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History; Corporal punishment -- Wales -- History; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales -- History
Genres: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Corporal punishment in the late nineteenth century English courts; title: Expanding corporal punishment in the new century; title: The end of the rod; title: The turning point; title: War, abolition, and the "short, sharp shock"; title: An uneasy consensus.