ABSTRAKPaper ini mengkaji efektifitas penegakan hukum corporal punishment di sekolah. Argumen teoritis yang telah dikembangkan adalah, corporal punishment dianggap sebagai cara efektif untuk mengubah perilaku siswa, namun juga dianggap mengandung muatan kekerasan terhadap anak, sehingga melanggar norma perlindungan terhadap anak. Metode penelitian yuridis empiris, sumber data primer diperoleh dengan observasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, corporal punishment disebabkan oleh perilaku siswa dan dari dalam diri guru sendiri. Dampak corporal punishment terhadap siswa, yaitu: 1) tidak mengulangi perbuatannya; 2) malu dan minder; 3) prestasi menurun; 4) semakin nakal, tidak patuh dan melanggar peraturan.; 5) terluka secara fisik. Efektifitas penegakan hukum corporal punishment di sekolah, disebabkan oleh faktor: 1) belum ada peraturan yang khusus mengatur tentang corporal punishment di Sekolah; 2) guru sebagai pelaksana hukum di Sekolah belum memahami substansi peraturan perundang-undangan;3) sarana dan fasilitas tidak representatif, sehingga kurang mendukung penegakan hukum; 4); masyarakat di lingkungan sekolah sebagai tempat diterapkannya norma hukum belum memiliki kesadaran hukum dan; 5) budaya hukum berbasis pada otoritarian. Oleh karena itu, seharusnya melakukan reformasi hukum (law reform) secara menyeluruh mulai dari pembentukan peraturan perundang-undangan yang secara khusus mengatur tentang corporal punishment, membangun budaya hukum non otoritarian yang nir kekerasan di Sekolah, meningkatkan kesadaran hukum memperbaiki sarana dan fasilitas yang mendukung penegakan hukum di sekolah.Kata kunci: corporal punishment; guru; penegakan hukum; sekolah; siswa.ABSTRACTThis paper examines the effectiveness of corporal punishment law enforcement in schools. The theoretical argument that has been developed is that corporal punishment is considered as an effective way to change student behaviour, but is also considered to contain the content of violence against children, thus violating the norms of protection against children. The research method empirical juridical, primary data sources obtained by observation and interviews. The results showed that corporal punishment was caused by student behaviour and from within the teacher himself. The impact of corporal punishment on students, 1) not repeating their actions; 2) shame and inferiority; 3) decreased performance; 4) getting naughty, disobedient and breaking the rules; 5) physically injured. The effectiveness of corporal punishment law enforcement in schools is caused by factors, 1) there is no specific regulation about corporal punishment in schools; 2) teachers as law enforcers in schools do not yet understand the substance of laws ; 3) The facilities do not support law enforcement; 4); the community in the school environment as a place for implementing legal norms, does not yet have legal awareness and; 5) legal culture based on authoritarianism. Therefore, law reform should be done as a whole, starting from the law-making about corporal punishment, building a non-authoritarian legal culture, non-violent in schools, increasing legal awareness and the supporting facilities law enforcement in schools.Keywords: corporal punishment; law enforcement; school; students; teachers.