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Penology   /pinˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
Penology

noun
(Written also poenology)
1.
The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation.  Synonym: poenology.





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... of the prison are the best. The most advanced principles of penology are in force. Sentences are reduced by good conduct, and everything is done to reform as well as punish the prisoner. A newspaper is published by the convicts, and a library of five thousand volumes is furnished ...
— The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier • Charles E. Flandrau


Words linked to "Penology" :   penologist, criminology


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