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Penal system in the People's Republic of China — Hard labor still was the most common form of punishment in China in the 1980s. The penal system stressed reform rather than retribution, and it was expected that productive labor would reduce the penal institutions cost to society. Even death… … Wikipedia
Penal system of Japan — The Penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, and rehabilitate offenders. ProcedureOn confinement, prisoners are first classified according to gender,… … Wikipedia
Penal labour — Female convicts chained together by their necks for work on a road. Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika c.1890 1927. Penal labour is a form of unfree labour in which prisoners perform work, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending… … Wikipedia
Penal transportation — For other uses, see Transportation (disambiguation). Women in England mourning their lovers who are soon to be transported to Botany Bay, 1792 Transportation or penal transportation is the … Wikipedia
penal — adjective 1 (only before noun) connected with the legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisons: penal reform | the penal system | penal colony/settlement (=a special area of land where prisoners are kept) | penal servitude law (=a period… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
penal — pe|nal [ˈpi:nl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: pénal, from Latin poenalis, from poena punishment ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisons ▪ the penal system penal colony/settlement (=a … Dictionary of contemporary English
penal — pe|nal [ pinl ] adjective only before noun relating to the punishment of criminals: the penal system penal reform/laws a. used as a place for punishing criminals: a penal colony/institution … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
penal — UK [ˈpiːn(ə)l] / US [ˈpɪn(ə)l] adjective [only before noun] a) relating to the punishment of criminals the penal system penal reform/laws b) used as a place for punishing criminals a penal colony/institution … English dictionary
penal code — n: a code of laws concerning crimes and their punishments Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. penal code n. The codification … Law dictionary
Penal welfarism — is a theory in the field of criminal justice, which holds that prisoners should have the right and the positive motivation, to gain opportunites for advancement within the criminal justice system(1).ourcesGarland the crisis of penal modernism … Wikipedia
penal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the punishment of offenders under the legal system. 2) extremely severe: penal rates of interest. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin poena pain, penalty … English terms dictionary
