As any well-behaved parent will tell you, beating a badly behaved child does not make for a better infant. Almost always, such punishment leads to worse behaviour from children, many of whom go on to abuse others.

Tough love and gentle diplomacy are far better ways for any child to understand that bad behaviour doesn't pay. The same can be said for the use of sanctions; time and time again they have proved to be a crude cudgel rather than a force for good.