鞭笞、打藤或笞刑，简称鞭刑，历史悠久，是刑罚的一种运行方式。运行者会以竹片或藤制成的鞭，鞭打犯人的臀部，受者的臀部常会皮开肉裂。鞭笞不但见于国家刑罚，也常见于家庭和学校，施行地方主要是手掌或臀部，但其残酷程度通常不及国家刑罚。

由于这种刑罚普遍被国际组织认为是对受刑人不人道及侵犯其人权，此刑罚在世界上多数地区已经废除。如今，今日世界上约有16个国家实施类似笞刑，大部份在亚洲及非洲（多数也实行沙里亚法），例如：新加坡、文莱、马来西亚、阿富汗、伊朗、坦桑尼亚、博茨瓦纳、尼日尔利亚等。

Caning is a form of corporal punishment (see that article for generalities and alternatives) consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks (see spanking) or hand(s) (on the palm). Application of a cane to the knuckles or the shoulders has been much less common. Caning can also be applied to the soles of the feet (foot whipping or bastinado). The size and flexibility of the cane and the mode of application, as well as the number of the strokes, vary greatly—from a couple of light strokes with a small cane across the seat of a junior schoolboy's trousers, to 24 very hard, wounding cuts on the bare buttocks with a large, heavy, soaked rattan as a judicial punishment in south-east Asia.