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Definition of Poenology
1. Noun. The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation.
Definition of Poenology
1. Noun. (obsolete form of penology) ¹
2. Noun. (archaic spelling of penology) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poenology
1. [n -GIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poenology
Literary usage of Poenology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"It would be of great use to have some one or more devoted professionally to the
subject of poenology, and able to give courses here and there over the ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Lieber by Francis Lieber (1881)
"... our common native city, ought to be honored with having the first chair of
poenology, for which it was high time to carve out a distinct branch, ..."
3. The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Lieber by Francis Lieber (1880)
"... our common native city, ought to be honored with having the first chair of
poenology, for which it was high time to carve out a distinct branch, ..."
4. History of Bowdoin College: With Biographical Sketches of Its Graduates by Nehemiah Cleaveland, Alpheus Spring Packard (1882)
"... He has published sermons, lectures, and papers relating to poenology in the
issues of the National Prison Association and International Prison Congress. ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1870)
"Physical suffering, we quite agree with our author, should have (as it has)
nothing to do with poenology or the science of punishments. ..."
6. The Ethical Record by Philadelphia society for ethical culture, American Ethical Union, Samuel Burns Weston (1890)
"... those interested in poenology would establish a department for this subject;
those interested in charities would do the same for it; and thus, ..."
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