Criminal Law - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Medical malpractice experience of Taiwan: 2005 versus 1991.

30 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Medical malpractice litigation has become an important issue worldwide. Although many epidemiological studies have been carried out, most studies were conducted cross-sectionally in developed countries and focused on malpractice ... Read more...

Mental illness and intellectual disability in Magistrates Courts in New South Wales, Australia.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Little is known about the prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) and/or cognitive impairment (CI) among accused persons in the Magistrates (Local) Courts, the personal, health and mental health characteristics of this cohort, and ... Read more...

Cost comparisons of raising a child from birth to 17 years among samples of abused, delinquent, violent, and homicidal youth using victimization and justice system estimates.

30 Jan 2009 Data from youth studied by Zagar and colleagues were randomly sampled to create groups of controls and abused, delinquent, violent, and homicidal youth (n=30 in each). Estimated costs of raising a nondelinquent youth from birth to 17 yr. were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Criminal Law - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medical malpractice experience of Taiwan: 2005 versus 1991. 30 Mar 2009
• Mental illness and intellectual disability in Magistrates Courts in New South Wales, Australia. 27 Feb 2009
• Cost comparisons of raising a child from birth to 17 years among samples of abused, delinquent, violent, and homicidal youth using victimization and justice system estimates. 30 Jan 2009
• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and correctional health care. 30 Dec 2008
• [Girls detained under civil and criminal law in juvenile detention centres; psychiatric disorders, trauma and psychosocial problems] 30 Dec 2008
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funding: a nationwide assessment of effects on rape and assault. 13 Dec 2008
• Justice system involvement into young adulthood: comparison of adolescent girls in the public mental health system and in the general population. 2 Dec 2008
• Sexual offences against children: an exploration of attrition in the Northern Ireland criminal justice system. 23 Nov 2008
• Less crime, more punishment. 30 Aug 2008
• Psychiatric disorders among detained youths: a comparison of youths processed in juvenile court and adult criminal court. 30 Aug 2008
• Forensic issues in intellectual disability. 30 Aug 2008
• Who's using and who's doing time: incarceration, the war on drugs, and public health. 30 Mar 2008
• Female sexual abuse and criminal justice intervention: a comparison of child protective service and criminal justice samples. 30 Dec 2007
• Epileptic automatisms in the criminal courts: 13 cases tried in England and Wales between 1975 and 2001. 30 Dec 2007
• Factors associated with history of non-fatal overdose among opioid users in the Swedish criminal justice system. 19 Dec 2007
• Prescription OxyContin abuse among patients entering addiction treatment. 30 Oct 2007
• Kentucky rural stimulant use: a comparison of methamphetamine and other stimulant users. 30 Oct 2007
• The rise in treatment admissions for methamphetamine use in Los Angeles County from 2001 through 2005. 30 Oct 2007
• Criminal justice itreatment admissions for methamphetamine use in California: a focus on Proposition 36. 30 Oct 2007
• Severe child abuse: a study of cases reported to the police. 9 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Criminal Law'

Definition: 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 UI: D003416

Alternative terms: Criminal Law; Criminal Laws; Law, Criminal; Laws, Criminal; Criminal Justice; Justice, Criminal;

Related Mesh Headings: Law Enforcement;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.290; I01.880.604.583.100;

History Note: 91(78); was see under JURISPRUDENCE 1978-90

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; specify state or country