penologistn.
/piːˈnɒlədʒɪst/, /pᵻˈnɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /piˈnɑlədʒəst/ A person who studies penology; an expert in penology.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > study of punishment or prison management > one who studies
penologist1838
1838 F. Lieber Ess. Penal Law 62 All penologists of note..are agreed..that insulation of the criminal is the only possible means: 1. To avoid contamination, etc.
1886 American 12 313 [It] has now the approbation of American penologists.
1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 125/2 He constantly forgets, like most penologists, that retribution is still a motive in punishment.
1993 Columbia Journalism Rev. Sept. 12/2 Exactly how to accomplish this turn-around on a large scale is..the central question that penologists have been wrangling over for more than a century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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