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Crime

"Crime" 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 violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Crime" by people in this website by year, and whether "Crime" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 28 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015
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