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PENOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does penology mean?
• PENOLOGY (noun)
The noun PENOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Familiarity information: PENOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
penology; poenology
Hypernyms ("penology" is a kind of...):
criminology (the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement)
Derivation:
penologist (a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management)
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