Warden wannabe's study

• Study of prison management
• Study of prison etc
• The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
• Prison management
• Study of literary tools?

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation [syn: poenology ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"study of punishment and crime prevention," 1838, coined apparently by Francis Lieber, corresponding member of the Philadephia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, from pen- as in penitentiary (ultimately from Latin poena "penalty, punishment;" ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Penology \Pe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, or L. poena, punishment + -logy.] The science or art of punishment. [Written also p[oe]nology .]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (l en study Study) of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But this probably reflects negatively on penology and penologists rather than on Weber and his thought. ▪ Conventional histories of penology tend to represent these developments in penal thought and practice as rational, progressive, ...