Legal psychology in the twenty-first century.
BACKGROUND
This paper examines some of the major topics that legal psychology began to focus on at the end of the last century.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose is to contend that such topics (the reliability of ear-witness testimony, the conducting of identification parades/line ups, the interviewing of suspects, the interviewing of vulnerable witnesses/victims) are deserving of greater attention in this new century.


CONCLUSIONS
Legal psychologists should be brave enough to research with methodological rigour complex, real-world topics of importance to society and to advise relevant professional groups on how to improve their performance.
Bull
Ray
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School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK. ray.bull@le.ac.uk
D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends*