Corporal punishment of Children by parents: Is it discipline or violence and abuse?
Physical punishment is still used as a means of child discipline by Singaporean parents. Is there a difference between such use of violence and abuse of children which is punishable as a criminal offence? What does Singapore and international law say about the use of punitive force on children by pa...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-49792020-01-23T06:41:08Z Corporal punishment of Children by parents: Is it discipline or violence and abuse? CHAN, Wing Cheong Physical punishment is still used as a means of child discipline by Singaporean parents. Is there a difference between such use of violence and abuse of children which is punishable as a criminal offence? What does Singapore and international law say about the use of punitive force on children by parents and other adults who act in loco parentis? This article argues that there is in fact sufficient evidence that Singapore law implicitly prohibits corporal punishment of children by their parents. 2018-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3021 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4979/viewcontent/2350_6_Chan_Wing_Cheong___Corporal_Punishment_of_Children_by_Parents__PV.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Public Law and Legal Theory |
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Physical punishment is still used as a means of child discipline by Singaporean parents. Is there a difference between such use of violence and abuse of children which is punishable as a criminal offence? What does Singapore and international law say about the use of punitive force on children by parents and other adults who act in loco parentis? This article argues that there is in fact sufficient evidence that Singapore law implicitly prohibits corporal punishment of children by their parents. |
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