penologist
Americannoun
plural
penologistsExample Sentences
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In his closing speech to that Boston jury, John Adams quoted these lines from the Italian penologist, Cesare, Marchese di Beccaria:
From Time • Jun. 6, 2014
The split between Germany and her penologist guests appeared to them so wide that a majority resolved informally to remain silent and enter no discussion.
From Time Magazine Archive
William Curtis Bok, 36, Philadelphia publishing scion, lawyer, penologist, music patron, eldest son of the late Edward William Bok, grandson of the late Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis; by Margaret Adams Bok, Philadelphia socialite; in Reno.
From Time Magazine Archive
Consequently the nation's most publicized penologist was not on hand to celebrate the initial appearance of a monthly magazine called Prison Life Stories, of which he was billed as editor.
From Time Magazine Archive
They all give the penologist a good deal to do, and those defendants who show defiance and spite are not unjustly counted as the most difficult we have to deal with.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
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