Trump's order rolls back guidance from previous Democratic presidents aimed at reducing racial disparities in school disciplinary actions such as suspensions and expulsions. The order says nothing ...

It might seem like something from another era, yet corporal punishment is still a common form of discipline in many families.

Behavioral psychology says that punishment is an ineffective motivational tool, because its effects are only temporary. While punishment may suppress undesirable behavior temporarily, it fails to ...

The degree of human cooperation among strangers is a major evolutionary puzzle. A prominent explanation is that cooperation is maintained because many individuals have a predisposition to punish those ...

Corporal punishment has declined so rapidly in the United States in the last 15 years that many people think it’s practically nonexistent in modern American public schools. To the contrary, more than ...

This article originally appeared on Patheos. 10.2 million people sit in prison cells today around the world– and almost half of them are right here, in the United States. While in the US we like to ...

About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's "death row." Their time grows shorter as federal and state courts increasingly ratify death penalty laws, allowing executions to ...

“I’m sick and tired of violence… I’m tired of war and conflict in the world. I’m tired of shooting. I’m tired of hatred. I’m tired of selfishness. I’m tired of evil. I’m not going to use violence no ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Corporal punishment is still legal in Tennessee schools. Usually, it’s performed with a paddle. “Corporal punishment has a time and place if it is administered properly, and ...