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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.
 
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