@prefix n9j: <http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J> .
@prefix isothes: <http://purl.org/iso25964/skos-thes#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .

n9j:-laws
  a isothes:ConceptGroup ;
  skos:prefLabel "laws"@en ;
  skos:member n9j:-H8Q0C1R4-P .

n9j:-H8Q0C1R4-P
  owl:sameAs <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pendleton_Act_of_1883> ;
  skos:definition "The Pendleton Act of 1883, also known as the Civil Service Act, was the first major piece of legislation that regulated elements of a federal bureaucracy plagued with a history of patronage, graft, and corruption. In the decades following the American Civil War, reformers advocated a system of government administration that was more responsive to the public and less beholden to political parties and their machines. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An     Encylopedia; Pendleton Act of 1883]"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:inScheme n9j: ;
  skos:broader n9j:-P7NL3L61-B ;
  skos:prefLabel "Pendleton Act of 1883"@en .

n9j:-P7NL3L61-B
  skos:prefLabel "documents and acts shaping the American system of criminal justice"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower n9j:-H8Q0C1R4-P .

n9j: a skos:ConceptScheme .