单词 | penology |
释义 | penologyn. The study of the punishment of crime and of prison management. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > study of punishment or prison management penology1838 1838 F. Lieber Ess. Penal Law 77 I..know that sentimentalism in penology is, in its effects, cruel towards the offender as well as society. 1861 W. L. Clay Mem. J. Clay vi. 35 Penology has become a more complex, not a more simple science. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 2/2 A study in comparative morality or comparative penology. 1932 L. E. Lawes 20,000 Years in Sing Sing xii. 391 ‘Paying his debt to society’, or ‘wiping the slate clean’, is the language of current penology. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville ii. 12 An obsolete penology still exerts a powerful influence on the prison. 1999 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 19 May 5/2 (advt.) Our active research programme covering crime and public policy, policing and police organisation, and aspects of penology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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