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The Discipline Archive

by Garrick Espieside

ISBN 0 9522762 9 1

100 page, A5, paperback, price £9.99 or $20

A Spiral Oak Publication  

An apparently authentic account of an experiment in the application of corporal punishment to young adults of both sexes which took place half a century ago at an institution for tertiary education. It relies on and quotes from original documents including minutes of meetings at which the new disciplinary regime was planned, and interviews with those to whom it was applied.

Never before has such a unique and detailed record of the effect of corporal punishment on such highly articulate individuals been made available to the public. The author also sets the background to the experiment with an overview of the practice of, and attitudes to, corporal punishment which prevailed at the time. And the psychosexual and sadomasochistic aspects are discussed by a graduate of the institution who herself experienced its experimental disciplinary regime.

It is essential reading for the social historian and anyone else who needs to make an authoritative contribution to the corporal punishment debate.

Forum Review: Vol. 32 No. 6

"....this is intended to titillate and arouse as much as any Nexus or Chimera offering."

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