"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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.290 I01.880.604.583.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Criminal Law- Criminal Law
- Criminal Laws
- Law, Criminal
- Laws, Criminal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Criminal Law" by people in Profiles.
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Violence against women and girls. BMJ. 2021 08 06; 374:n1926.
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Innocence in the shadow of COVID-19: Plea decision making during a pandemic. J Exp Psychol Appl. 2021 Dec; 27(4):739-750.
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Intersections of Treatment, Surveillance, and Criminal Law Responses to HIV and COVID-19. Am J Public Health. 2021 07; 111(7):1252-1254.
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Covid-19 and the criminalisation of viral transmission. Med Sci Law. 2021 10; 61(4):315-317.
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Social Justice and COVID-19: A Rallying Cry for Medical Schools to Prioritize Criminal Justice Health. Acad Med. 2021 May 01; 96(5):e18-e19.
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COVID-19 exacerbates existing system factors that disadvantage defendants: Findings from a national survey of defense attorneys. Law Hum Behav. 2021 04; 45(2):81-96.
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Turkey targets critics of its pandemic response. Science. 2020 09 25; 369(6511):1554.
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Human rights, public health and COVID-19 in Canada. Can J Public Health. 2020 12; 111(6):975-979.
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Pandemic inspires push to shrink jails, prisons. Science. 2020 09 18; 369(6510):1412-1413.
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The pandemic paused the US school-to-prison pipeline: potential lessons learned. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 11; 4(11):799-800.