penology

section of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress criminal activities, and satisfy public opinion via an appropriate treatment regime for persons convicted of criminal offences
Intangible academic_discipline Q818670
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penology

Summary

penology is an academic discipline[1]. penology draws 172 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #225 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • penology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • penology's GND ID is recorded as 4818929-7[4].
  • penology's said to be the same as is recorded as correctional theory[5].
  • penology's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k36v[6].
  • penology's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph124027[7].
  • penology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penology[8].
  • penology's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 364.6[9].
  • penology's PSH ID is recorded as 9006[10].
  • penology's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as HV8301-HV9920.7[11].
  • penology's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0130762[12].
  • penology's described by source is recorded as English-Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law[13].
  • penology's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • penology's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/penology[15].
  • penology's Quora topic ID is recorded as Penology[16].
  • penology's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as penology[17].
  • penology's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as pønologi[18].
  • penology's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779504321[19].
  • penology's Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID is recorded as penologija[20].
  • penology's Lex ID is recorded as penologi[21].
  • penology's KBpedia ID is recorded as Penology[22].
  • penology's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779504321[23].
  • penology's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as penologiia-416d99[24].
  • penology's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as penologia[25].
  • penology's Arab Encyclopedia concept ID is recorded as 15036[26].

Why It Matters

penology draws 172 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #225 of 1,010).[2] penology has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] penology is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  20. [22] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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