penology
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- noun
- /pəˈnɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
:
penología
- He is studying penology to help improve the rehabilitation programs in prisons.
Economics, biology, psychiatry, medicine and penology.
- Economics, biology, psychiatry, medicine and penology.
Examples
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The conference focused on recent developments in penology and their impact on prison reform.
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I found him teaching penology at Price University...
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A couple of years ago, back in the States, I was considered an authority on penology.
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Earl, I have a couple of pages I'm supposed to send to the Penology Review.
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I've reached conclusions about penology, and a couple of them may be valid.
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Is it not possible that radical changes in sensibilities, practices, or penology since 1791 have made capital punishment seem "cruel and unusual," however much the Framers of the Constitution took capital punishment for granted?
Academic text (1999) -
In her course on penology, she learned about various approaches to managing offenders.
Synonyms
The study of how to run prisons and help prisoners live safely after release
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
penology = peno + logy
This is a learned classical formation whose bound stem is not a familiar English word for most learners, and the modern sense is not directly recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Penology comes from a Latin word seen in penalty and penal, which means 'punishment', and the ending -logy, which means 'study'. So penology is the study of punishment and how prisons are managed.