"Law Enforcement" 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.
Organized efforts to insure obedience to the laws of a community.
| Descriptor ID |
D035846
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.594
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Law Enforcement".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Law Enforcement".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Law Enforcement" by people in this website by year, and whether "Law Enforcement" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2023 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Law Enforcement" by people in Profiles.
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Overdose as a complex contagion: modelling the community spread of overdose events following law enforcement efforts to disrupt the drug market. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2025 Jan 13; 79(2):147-152.
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Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Prehospital Law Enforcement Handcuffing in Children With Behavioral Health Emergencies. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2443673.
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Criminal legal system engagement among people who use drugs in Oregon following decriminalization of drug possession. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Nov 01; 264:112449.
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The physiological toll of arrests: An examination of arrest history on midlife allostatic load. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 96:1-12.
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Adulterants present in the San Diego county fentanyl supply: a laboratory analysis of seized law enforcement samples. BMC Public Health. 2024 03 29; 24(1):923.
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Racial disparities in law enforcement/court-ordered psychiatric inpatient admissions after the 2008 recession: a test of the frustration-aggression-displacement hypothesis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):113-123.
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Outcomes of Hospitalized Injured Suspects Sustaining Gunshot Wounds From Law Enforcement Action. Am Surg. 2024 Jun; 90(6):1365-1374.
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Applying the antecedent, behaviour, and consequence taxonomy to unintentional firearm injury as determined by a collaborative firearm injury database. Inj Prev. 2024 Jan 25; 30(1):39-45.
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Capital sentencing and neuropsychiatry. Behav Sci Law. 2024 Jan-Feb; 42(1):56-64.
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Unlocking deflection: The role of supervisor support in police officer willingness to refer people who inject drugs to harm reduction services. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Nov; 121:104188.