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Judicial corporal punishment (JCP) refers to the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence by a court of law. The punishment can be caning, bastinado, birching, whipping, or strapping. The practice was once commonplace in many countries, but it has now been abolished in most Western countries, but remains an acceptable legal punishment in some Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries. Corporal punishment is common in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and former British colonies (now members of the Commonwealth) such as Malaysia,〔(Pudu Prison exhibition ), Kuala Lumpur, 1998.〕 Singapore and Tanzania. ==Countries where JCP is used== The Singaporean official punishment of caning became much discussed around the world in 1994 when an American teenager, Michael Fay, was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for vandalism. Since then, the number of caning sentences handed down each year in Singapore has doubled.〔 and 〕 Other former British colonies with judicial caning currently on their statute books include Barbados, Botswana, Brunei,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brunei Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2004 )〕 Swaziland,〔(Report 2007 for Swaziland ), Amnesty International.〕 Tonga,〔(Laws of Tonga, Chapter 18. )〕 Trinidad & Tobago, and Zimbabwe. Many Muslim-majority countries use judicial corporal punishment, such as United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran,〔 northern Nigeria,〔 Sudan〔 and Yemen,〔(Yemen State Report ), GITEACPOC, June 2007.〕 employ judicial whipping or caning for a range of offences. In Indonesia (Aceh province only) it has recently been introduced for the first time.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Judicial corporal punishment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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