Sentences with word «penology»

Penology is the study of punishment for crimes. It focuses on understanding and implementing effective methods of rehabilitation, deterrence, and correction for individuals who have committed offenses. Full definition
Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria - Bonesana was an Italian jurist, philosopher and politician best known for his treatise «On Crimes and Punishments» (1764), which condemned torture and the death penalty, and was a founding work in the field of penology.
Of course, they were relying largely on their own beliefs about penology and recidivism.
Among his books were Public and Private Persons: The Ontario Political Culture, 1914 - 1934, which Clarke, Irwin published in 1975, G. Howard Ferguson, Ontario Tory, published by the University of Toronto Press in 1977, a life of Allan Grossman, entitled Unlikely Tory which Lester & Orpen Dennys published in 1985, and the definitive work on 19th Century penology in Ontario, «Terror to Evil - Doers»: Prisons and Punishments in Nineteenth - Century Ontario.
After the Bolsheviks took over in October, Sorokin turned to studies in sociology, law, and penology, writing books and articles that promoted him in the Soviet intellectual world.
And as one reads through the theoretical literature on crime and penology, one finds very shortly that the articles on such topics as the Charles Manson case are thin, pale and anemic; for these discussions are wrapped in the folds of a value - neutral social science lingua franca which makes any realistic or in - depth ethical discussion virtually impossible.
These include law, parole, probation and penology and is specific to the State of Alaska, offering an alternative loan repayment option to students who take out a Michael Murphy Loan.
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