Criminology

Here are entered works on the discipline that studies the causes, detection and prevention of crime, and the treatment or punishment of criminals. Works on the occurrence of crime are entered under [Crime.] Works on the criminal justice system are entered under [Criminal justice, Administration of.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002994
- info:lc/authorities/sh89002994
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh89002994#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Crime--Study and teaching
Broader Terms
- Social sciences
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
- Crime
- Criminals
Sources
- found: LC data base, 6/24/88.
- found: Britannica Micro.
- found: Web. 3.
- found: Americana (Crime and criminology)
- found: Nat. crim. just. thes.
- found: Black's law dict.
- found: Beckman, E. Criminal justice dict., 1983.
- found: Walsh, D. Dict. of criminology, 1983.
- found: Reid, S. Crime and criminology, 1988.
- notfound: Hennepin
LC Classification
- HV6001-HV6030
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the discipline that studies the causes, detection and prevention of crime, and the treatment or punishment of criminals. Works on the occurrence of crime are entered under [Crime.] Works on the criminal justice system are entered under [Criminal justice, Administration of.]
Example Notes
- Notes under [Criminal justice, Administration of; Crime]
Change Notes
- 1989-05-17: new

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