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Penology   Listen
noun
Penology  n.  (Written also poenology)  The science or art of punishment.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Penology" Quotes from Famous Books



... the laws were futile; it shows that the dear old boys from whom we are proud to derive ourselves were a bad lot—of which we have abundant corroborative evidence in their brutal pastimes and in their manners and customs generally. To have restrained that crowd by the rose-water methods of modern penology—that ...
— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce



Words linked to "Penology" :   criminology, penologist



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