Talk:Penology

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what is penology? what are institutional and non-intitutional correction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.177.227.94 (talk • contribs) 06:42, 23 September 2005

Terrible Article
This article is terrible. The following two sections in particular don't belong here. First, there's this:

"Modern theories of the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders are broadly based on ancient scriptural texts of the Christian Bible and the Moslem Qur'an, which principles only reappeared in Europe some time after the publication of a seminal pamphlet "On Crimes and Punishments" published by Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria in 1764. It is based on the notion of proportionality. Previously, (for example, under England's Bloody Code) the penalty of theft had been the same regardless of the value stolen, giving rise to the English expression "It is as well to be hanged for a sheep or a lamb""

A. No source is provided for the assertion that modern theories of punishment are based on the Bible and the Qur'an. Neither book is even mentioned in Beccaria's "On Crimes and Punishments," despite the article's assertion.

B. The notion of proportionality is far older than the Bible or the Qu'ran. It's found in the Code of Hammurabi, the Jewish Torah, Roman law, etc.

Second, we have this irrelevant Martin Luther King quote:

"In Europe, and many westernized legal systems, criminal punishments now tend to be in accordance with a popular theory once expressed by Martin Luther King around 1958: 'Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man (i.e. our enemies), but to win his friendship and understanding.'"

There's no evidence that European legal systems were based on or inspire by this King quote. It's also a tendentious and POV assessment of how Western legal systems actually work.

I don't want to start an edit war, and I don't really care about penology in the first place, but this is one of the worst Wikipedia articles I've ever seen.216.183.171.30 (talk) 20:51, 30 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree. If Wikipedia had a this article sucks template, this article would rather deserve it. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 07:07, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I see you fixed some of the problems but someone dumped more dogma into the article later. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 07:15, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Asian perspectives are missing so, can we at least acknowledge this sad truth.
I'm am not a student of Criminology, however, I imagine that Penology,"The study of the punishment of crime and of prison management"(oxford english dictionary) exists in Asia. Which leads me to wonder: What do CRIM students study at all of the East Asian universities and colleges when discovering the fascinating topic of Penology (there is one reference to Middle Eastern culture and knowledge in the article) ? Also, why wouldn't I find that information in a Wikipedia article? Or at least an acknowledgement that, once again, Asian perspectives are missing (at least in the English vers). Gardeninggnome (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2023 (UTC)