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Punishment Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.
Punishment is when something is done to a person (or animal) that they do not like. It may be because they broke a rule. There are many kinds of punishment, from a death penalty for very bad crimes, to things that parents may do to punish children, like putting them in "time out" or taking away their toys.
Punishment can be seen as good in society to prevent people from doing bad things. It can also seen as cruel and unnecessary. It can also be seen to do more harm than good.
Images for kids
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Barbed tape is a feature of prisons.
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Hester Prynne at the Stocks - an engraved illustration from an 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter
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Punishment of an offender in Hungary, 1793
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Gothic pillory (early 16th century) in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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The old village stocks in Chapeltown, Lancashire, England