Strapping (punishment) Strapping (punishment) Strapping refers to the use of a strap as an implement of corporal punishment. It is typically a broad and heavy strip of leather, often with a hard handle, the more flexible 'blade' being applied to the offender. Probably because of the stiffness, the word "strap" is sometimes used interchangeably with a leather paddle. Other terms that are used interchangeably include whipping, lashing, and confusingly even in some official language, belting—in principle a belt is lighter, without a handle. These terms are strictly speaking reserved for other implements. The Scottish tawse is a forked version with two or
School corporal punishment offence. In that year a sentence by the Federal Court of Justice of Germany ("Bundesgerichtshof", case number NStZ 1993.591) was published which overruled the previous powers enshrined in unofficial customary law ("Gewohnheitsrecht") and upheld by some regional appeal courts ("Oberlandesgericht", Superior State Court) even in the 1970s. They assumed a "right of chastisement" was a defense of justification against the accusation of "causing bodily harm" per "Paragraph" (=Section) "223 Strafgesetzbuch" (Federal Penal Code). Corporal punishment in Greek primary schools was banned in 1998, and in secondary schools in 2005. Corporal punishment is still used in most of India. The Delhi