The field of psychology and law is rapidly growing. Psycholegal researchers are now investigating a wide range of topics in criminal and civil law. For example, clinical and developmental psychologists are examining psycholegal family issues, neurophysiological psychologists are studying the legal implication of environmental toxicology, and social and environmental psychologists are studying the perceptions and assumptions involved in invasions of privacy by criminals or by law enforcement agents. This handbook, compiled by scholars equally at home in law and psychology, presents a wide range of topics of interest to researchers and scholars engaged in psycholegal research, policy-makers in criminal justice and civil law settings, as well as students of law, psychology, political science, urban studies, sociology, criminology and business.
