The main parts of the Star Trek franchise are: 1  Six television series (first shown from 1966 to 2005) and. 2  Thirteen movies (shown in theaters from 1980 to 2016).
corporal punishment noun [U]. âº the âphysical âpunishment of âpeople, âespecially of âchildren, by âhitting them. (Definition of corporal punishment from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
As with all punishment, the motivation is to either punish the offender or to ensure that there is no re-offence, either by the offender or by others who would be properly detered by the threat of similar punishment. The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish and correct students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment.