Named Groups

Police

Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Polices
  • Law Enforcement Officers
  • Police Force
  • Police Officers
  • Police Personnel
  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Officer, Law Enforcement
  • Officer, Police
  • Police Forces
  • Police Officer

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Social Control, Formal (1971-1991)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.526.427w.001w.253w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Police. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016495. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016495
  2. Police. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
  3. Police. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35535