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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation;
[syn: penology, poenology]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. poinh`, or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The science or art of punishment. [Written also p[oe]nology.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poenology \P[oe]*nol"o*gy\ (p[-e]*n[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. See Penology. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poenology n 1: the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation [syn: penology, poenology]