Graham Page on benefits of corporal punishment

Title

Graham Page on benefits of corporal punishment

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

Graham Page(?), of the Council of Ministers of the Isle of Man, comments on the recent Strasbourg Commission declaration of an infringement of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 3, specifically the provision on degrading treatment, in the case of birching and corporal punishment. Page advocates the use of the birch, holding that it deters crime and gang culture. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Graham Page(?)

Keywords

Human rights; Human rights violations; Crime; Isle of Man; Children; Penal sanctions; Corporal punishment; Torture; Child welfare; Legal precedent; School punishment; Anthony Tyrer

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