Caning as a punishment is an embarrassment in this day and age, especially for a modern progressive city like ours, and will certainly bring ill effects of the victim.

Being caned has a severe psychological impact on the vandal. Such a punishment has an adverse effect on the victim and they act out in different ways. Some may feel inferior to others and develop low self-esteem, while others develop intense anger against authority or even themselves. Caning is like a vicious cycle. If they gain hatred and became aggressive, it may result in terrorism, coming back for revenge causing harm to the country. If they feel inferior and became passive, it may result them having suicidal thoughts, as they are unable to withstand the emotional and mental pressure they are put under.

Canning should not be used as far as possible, unless it is used to serve as a deterrent for severe offenders, like drug or child traffickers, or for repeat offenders. Caning as a punishment is a torture to the offender, therefore it must only be used for severe offenders to allow them to understand where they have gone wrong and make sure they will not repeat the same act again. As for less severe crimes, it should only be for repeat offenders as it shows that they have not learn their lesson and much heavier sentence must be used to teach them a lesson.