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penology

Branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders. Penological studies have sought to clarify the ethical bases of punishment, along with the motives and purposes of society in inflicting it; differences throughout history and between nations in penal laws and procedures; and the social consequences of the policies in force at a given time. Influential historical works have included Cesare Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments (1764), Jeremy Bentham's “Panopticon” scheme (c. 1800), Cesare Lombroso's Crime (1876), and Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish (1975).

penology
the science of prison management


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The 21 chapters in volume one recount the theories of such early penological thinkers as Franci Filippo, Pope Clementi XI, John Howard, Thomas Eddy, Elizabeth Burney Fry, and Sarah Martin, and report early experiments at such institutions as the Ergasteria of Amsterdam, the Maison de Force, the Panopticon, and the Walnut Street Gaol.
Pioneers in penology; the reformers, the institutions, and the ... by Reference & Research Book News
The court noted that prison inmates are protected, under the Eighth Amendment, from cell searches that lack any legitimate penological interest and are solely intended to harass.
Lashley v. Wakefield by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Supreme Court has never definitively spelled out the extent to which inmates have a right under the First Amendment to receive visits, or the extent to which their visits may be prohibited or curtailed by prison officials in the interest of discipline, security and other penological concerns.
Supreme Court rules restrictions on prison visitation are ... by Adelman, Stanley E. / Corrections Today
 
 
 
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