Criminal Law

"Criminal Law" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Criminal Law" by people in this website by year, and whether "Criminal Law" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 26 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014
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