The phrase "abusive punishment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a form of punishment that is excessively harsh or cruel, often implying a violation of rights or dignity.
Example: "The child was subjected to abusive punishment, which left lasting emotional scars."
Alternatives: "cruel punishment" or "harsh discipline".
The transcript has been published on the website China Change, and it is a story of beatings and abusive punishment designed to crack his willpower.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, humanitarian reformers in Britain and the United States campaigned on behalf of the weak and defenseless, protesting against child labour, debtor's prisons, abusive punishment in public schools, and, inevitably, the cruel treatment of animals.
This new meta-analysis, authored by Elizabeth Gershoff, PhD, at the University of Texas at Austin, and Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, PhD, of the University of Michigan, set out to address two criticisms of the past research that spanking has too often been combined or conflated with more abusive punishment or behaviors, and that only poor quality research has found negative effects from spanking.
Most studies agree that corporal and abusive punishment creates problems.
The report's authors credit prison authorities with "a desire and openness to improvement," and called on the government to institute a range of reforms that would reduce overcrowding, end abusive punishments and improve conditions.
More than 1,000 women a year are victims of so-called honor killings and many more are victims of acid attacks, child marriage and abusive punishments, including stoning, human rights activists report.
The new law requires facilities to alert the county Department of Human Resources upon admittance of new students, conduct background checks on employees, accurately describe programming to parents, avoid restraints or abusive punishments, provide medical care, feed the children sanitary and nutritious meals three times daily, allow residents to practice their own religious beliefs, and more.
Tactics such as Quiet Hands[6] can lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.[7] Screen all therapists for abusive punishments and negative attitudes.
In the armed forces abusive physical punishment, which is against military law, is often referred to as "beasting".
He argued additionally for the abolition of the death penalty and abusive physical punishments including torture, stoning and flogging.
The NFL football star Adrian Peterson's child abuse scandal has sparked a national debate in America about spanking children and the growing illegality of certain kinds of "abusive" corporal punishments.
