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Capital Punishment
MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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Concepts
MeSH Heading
Capital Punishment
Tree Number(s)
I01.880.604.160
Unique ID
D002203
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002203
Annotation
entry term
ELECTROCUTION, JUDICIAL
: do not index also under the electricity aspect unless particularly discussed
Scope Note
The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
Entry Term(s)
Death Penalty
Electrocution, Judicial
Gas Chamber Execution
Hanging, Judicial
Lethal Injection
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2011/06/24
Allowable Qualifiers
history (HI)
legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)
methods (MT)
statistics & numerical data (SN)
trends (TD)
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Control, Formal [I01.880.604]
Animal Welfare [I01.880.604.100]
Capital Punishment [I01.880.604.160]
Censorship, Research [I01.880.604.238]
Coercion [I01.880.604.316]
Government Regulation [I01.880.604.394]
Human Rights [I01.880.604.473]
Incarceration [I01.880.604.501]
Involuntary Treatment [I01.880.604.528]
Jurisprudence [I01.880.604.583]
Law Enforcement [I01.880.604.594]
Legislation, Drug [I01.880.604.605]
Mandatory Programs [I01.880.604.622]
Patient Advocacy [I01.880.604.631]
Peer Review [I01.880.604.640]
Social Control Policies [I01.880.604.825]
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Capital Punishment
Preferred
Concept UI
M0003298
Scope Note
The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
Terms
Capital Punishment
Preferred Term
Term UI
T006295
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
BIOETHICS (1989)
Death Penalty
Term UI
T006296
Date
03/29/1974
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
BIOETHICS (1989)
Electrocution, Judicial
Narrower
Concept UI
M0003299
Terms
Electrocution, Judicial
Preferred Term
Term UI
T006297
Date
07/19/1996
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1998)
Hanging, Judicial
Narrower
Concept UI
M0555481
Scope Note
The carrying-out of death sentence by means of hanging by the neck.
Terms
Hanging, Judicial
Preferred Term
Term UI
T786923
Date
03/11/2011
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2012)
Lethal Injection
Narrower
Concept UI
M0556422
Scope Note
The carrying-out of death sentence by means of injection.
Terms
Lethal Injection
Preferred Term
Term UI
T788464
Date
04/05/2011
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2012)
Gas Chamber Execution
Narrower
Concept UI
M0556423
Scope Note
The carrying-out of death sentence by use of gas chamber.
Terms
Gas Chamber Execution
Preferred Term
Term UI
T788465
Date
04/05/2011
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2012)
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