penology
noun
the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
penological
-
a word derived from
penology.
Example Sentences
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“As a society, we need to ask whether high LFOs make penological sense. Do they serve any of the purposes of sentencing?”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
“Sentencers must consider how youth and its attendant characteristics may diminish the penological justifications for punishment before imposing a life-without-parole sentence,” she said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2020
Palmer wrote that the death penalty “no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate penological purpose.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
“To impose a mandatory minimum on something like that I think does not serve any legitimate penological purpose whatsoever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2017
One who cannot be curbed by reason may be curbed by fear, a familiar truth which lies at the foundation of all penological systems.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Ambrose Bierce
