‘Fear of delinquency and support for the paddle’

 

An ‘astonishing’ 62 per cent of parents surveyed in the United States in 1959 were in favour of the paddle being used in schools. This newspaper report speculated this might reflect concerns about the increase in juvenile delinquency.


 

As published in the Stockton Evening and Sunday Record (California, United States), 27 January 1959

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  1. A miserable looking boy. Has he just had it? Or is he just about to feel it?

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