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Criminology, Law, and Society is a multi-disciplinary field and research resources are cataloged under many different subject areas in the Library of Congress call number system. The most common are listed below:
Subclass HV
HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Subclass K
K1-7720 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
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