Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

War Crimes

Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war, e.g., maltreatment of prisoners, willful killing of civilians, etc.

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Abstract

Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war, e.g., maltreatment of prisoners, willful killing of civilians, etc.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Crime, War
  • Crimes, War
  • War Crime

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.903w
  2. I01w.880w.735w.950.500w.903w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. War Crimes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014858. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014858
  2. War Crimes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime
  3. War Crimes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135010