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-- See Also the narrower term Amnesty

-- See Also the narrower term Arrest
Here are entered works on the apprehension of suspects in criminal cases. Works on long-term detention as a correctional measure against habitual criminals, and as a precautionary measure against those considered likely to commit crimes are entered under the heading Preventive detention.

-- See Also the narrower term Bail

-- See Also the narrower term Compensation for judicial error

-- See Also the narrower term Coroners

-- See Also the narrower term Corrections

-- See Also Crime
Here are entered works on the occurrence of crime. Works on the discipline that studies the causes, detection and prevention of crime, and the treatment or punishment of criminals, are entered under Criminology. Works on the criminal justice system are entered under Criminal justice, Administration of.
--subdivision Crimes against under classes of persons and ethnic groups; and headings beginning with the word Criminal

-- See Also the narrower term Criminal courts

-- See Also Criminal law

--subdivision Criminal provisions under legal topics, e.g. Corporation law--Criminal provisions

-- See Also the narrower term Criminal procedure

-- See Also Criminals

-- See Also the narrower term Discrimination in criminal justice administration

-- See Also the narrower term Imprisonment

--subdivision Imprisonment under names of individual persons

-- See Also the narrower term Judicial error

-- See Also the narrower term Juvenile justice, Administration of.

-- See Also the narrower term Law enforcement

-- See Also the narrower term Mass media and criminal justice

-- See Also the narrower term Pardon

--subdivision Pardon under names of individual persons

-- See Also the narrower term Police

-- See Also the narrower term Pre-trial release

-- See Also the narrower term Prisons

--names of individual prisons

-- See Also the narrower term Prosecution

-- See Also the narrower term Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration

-- See Also the narrower term Vigilance committees
Here are entered works on unauthorized citizens' committees organized to suppress and punish crime outside the established law enforcement and criminal justice process.