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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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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