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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Criminal Law
Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Criminal Law
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Criminal Law

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Criminal Law  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Criminal Justice
  • Justice, Criminal

Note

  • specify state or country

Scope note

  • A branch of law that defines criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension, charging and trial of suspected persons, and fixes the penalties and modes of treatment applicable to convicted offenders.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under JURISPRUDENCE 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003416

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