Meaning & use
penologist
An expert who studies punishment, prisons, and the management of criminal offenders.
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The penologist testified about which rehabilitation programs actually reduce reoffending.
As a penologist, she spent years researching conditions inside maximum-security prisons.
A note on using this word
Penologist comes from penology, the academic study of punishment and prison systems, related to but distinct from criminology.
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