Remember Michael Fay, the American kid who got caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism? I was, and still am, a big fan of that whole business, and heartily wish it was a component of the American justice system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore
If the authorities were allowed to administer corporal punishment for misdemeanor, petty and nonviolent crimes, there would be far less misdemeanor, petty and nonviolent crimes. Especially if that corporal punishment was broadcast to the public, incorporating a healthy amount of public shame and humiliation to go along with the immediate impact of the corporal punishment. I gamble quite a bit, and I'd be willing to bet a pretty high stake that the recidivism rate would drop drastically...and as a result of those two things, far fewer 'wayward youths' in crisis/jeopardy/peril of going down the wrong path...would not.
Just one man's opinion. YMMV.