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Bible Encyclopedias
Penology
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. poena, punishment), the modern name given to penitentiary science, that concerned with the processes devised and adopted for the repression and prevention of crime. (See CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; PRISON; JUVENILE OFFENDERS; RECJDIVISM, &C.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Penology'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/penology.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Penology'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/penology.html. 1910.
