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Legal and Criminological Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Deception detection and forensic psychology, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Memory Processes and Influences.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Legal and Criminological Psychology 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inDeception detection and forensic psychology Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Memory Processes and Influences Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
ISSN1355-3259
Citation impact (2-yr)1.02
h-index79
i10-index481
Total citations25,984
Article processing charge$3,350
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Portsmouth
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Legal and Criminological Psychology per year

31
2014
20
2015
11
2016
22
2017
26
2018
18
2019
28
2020
18
2021
37
2022
22
2023
22
2024
66
2025

Citation impact of Legal and Criminological Psychology by publication year

630
2014
640
2015
165
2016
368
2017
367
2018
279
2019
315
2020
220
2021
266
2022
47
2023
59
2024
52
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Legal and Criminological Psychology

Psychopathy and recidivism: A review

James F. Hemphill, Robert D. Hare, Stephen C. P. Wong · 1 Feb 1998

Psychopathy is defined by a constellation of interpersonal, affective and behavioural characteristics that should, in principle, be strongly related to risk for recidivism and violence. We reviewed the literature on The Hare Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised scales (PCL‐R; Hare, 1980, 1991) and recidivism. We found that the PCL‐R consistently was an important predictor across inmate samples and…

A fundamental attribution error? Rethinking cognitive distortions <sup>†</sup>

Shadd Maruna, Ruth E. Mann · 26 Jul 2006

The notion of ‘cognitive distortion’ has become enshrined in the offender treatment literature over the last 20 years, yet the concept still suffers from a lack of definitional clarity. In particular, the umbrella term is often used to refer to offence‐supportive attitudes, cognitive processing during an offence sequence, as well as post‐hoc neutralisations or excuses…

The role of psychopathy in assessing risk for violence: Conceptual and methodological issues

Stephen D. Hart · 1 Feb 1998

Purpose . There is growing evidence that psychopathic (dissocial) personality disorder is associated with violence. The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of psychopathy in clinical assessments of risk for violence. Arguments . Risk assessments are conducted for the purpose of preventing, not predicting, violence. Yet, most research on risk for violence…

Why professionals fail to catch liars and how they can improve

Aldert Vrij · 18 Aug 2004

In the first part of this article, I briefly review research findings that show that professional lie catchers, such as police officers, are generally rather poor at distinguishing between truths and lies. I believe that there are many reasons contributing towards this poor ability, and give an overview of these reasons in the second part…

A cognitive approach to lie detection: A meta‐analysis

Aldert Vrij, Ronald P. Fisher, Hartmut Blank · 10 Oct 2015

Introduction This article provides a meta‐analysis of a new, cognitive approach to (non‐)verbal lie detection. This cognitive lie detection approach consists of three techniques: (1) imposing cognitive load, (2) encouraging interviewees to say more, and (3) asking unexpected questions. Method A meta‐analysis was carried out on studies using the cognitive approach, 14 of which directly…

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