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An examination of publication patterns in scholarly journals is one way of gauging what is going on in a particular field. The present study examined 7 years of articles in three leading law-psychology journals (Psychology, Crime & Law; Psychology, Public Policy, & Law; Legal & Criminological Psychology) to determine the substantive topics and types of articles that they publish, as well as author characteristics. The most common research area was prisoners and offending (including risk assessment), followed by “other” and jury decision making. Authors were most likely to be women and/or associated with American psychology departments. There were also differences across journals. The implications for law-psychology researchers and the field as a whole are discussed.
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Reed, K., Dellapaolera, K.S., Thimsen, S., Bornstein, B.H. (2018). An Empirical Analysis of Law-Psychology Journals: Who’s Publishing and on What?. In: Miller, M., Bornstein, B. (eds) Advances in Psychology and Law. Advances in Psychology and Law, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75859-6_9
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