Both probation and parole are far from alternatives to incarceration. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Iuri Gagarin/iStock/Getty Images Plus. All of these memories came flooding back as I read ...

Corporal punishment, including spanking, is legal in 17 states. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) A common form of punishment many parents use to discipline their children is spanking. By the time a ...

Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty Images) When children head to school each morning, they have a lot on ...

Did you experience corporal punishment as a child? Forty years ago only one country had banned it. Now there are 62. Why? Because we know the long-term negative effects for kids, families, and society ...

Across time and cultures, facial mutilation has been a preferred form of punishment for various crimes, but why?

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Maren Christenson Hofer about the harm of taking away recess in elementary school as a form of punishment. Recess is probably one of the most exciting parts of being in ...

There are a lot of things that motivate us to make decisions. One of the most powerful of these motivators is the fear of punishment. For example, when we see a law enforcement officer, we are ...

BRINGING US UP TO SPEED FROM APOLLO, ARMSTRONG COUNTY. JIM: APOLLO POLICE FILING THESE CHARGES AGAINST A WOMAN AND HER BOYFRIEND, ACCUSED OF ABUSING A TEENAGE BOY AND USING A TASER ON HIM MULTIPLE ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that prolonged incarceration of an undertrial, without the commencement of trial or ...