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Tuesday, 18 January 2011

A Survey of Rewards and Punishments in Schools

While - of course - I don't want to see websites depicting non-consensual punishments of under-age girls, I do enjoy video and photos that use consensual performers of legal age portraying realistic school themed scenarios.  The ones that work best for me are almost invariably the ones that have most credibility.  The problem is that, as the era when corporal punishment was used in British schools becomes more and more distant and the the Internet gets filled with ever more fantasies about schoolgirl punishments that purport to be "true" (and I have no problem with ones that set out to be pure fantasy) so it's getting harder to to be sure what would have passed for real.

Enter A Survey of Rewards and Punishments in Schools - a scholarly piece of research published in 1952 and a copy of which, by good fortune, has come into my possession.  Over the next few weeks as I make my way through it I'll be posting some of the key findings on here so those with an interest in these things should keep an eye on it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some truth would be a refreshing change.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if you have read the excellent book by Margret Sone-
Corporal Punishment of School Girls?
I think pulished in the 9o's and republished in December 2002! It is a factual review -mainly re schools but also some home references !Quite detailed in parts and does mentin some bare bottom punishments ! KN

James Stephenson said...

Yes I do have both editions of Margret Stones excellent book - I have to say that although it does cover a lot of material that can be verified elsewhere it does also stray a little at times and includes some images from the likes of NuWest for example