Concept information
Preferred term
penal reform
Definition
- organized efforts to lessen the severity or inhumanity of criminal sanctions, especially imprisonment. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Penal Reform]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/penal_reform
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