Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers in all areas of psychology and law:
victimology
policing and crime detection
crime prevention
management of offenders
mental health and the law
public attitudes to law
role of the expert witness
impact of law on behaviour
interviewing and eyewitness testimony
jury decision making
deception
The journal publishes papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge defined broadly as the application of psychology to law and interdisciplinary enquiry in legal and psychological fields.