Psychology and Law in Europe ─ When West Meets East

There are two very good reasons for buying this book. First, it is the first volume ever to offer insights with respect to what is going on within ‘psychology & law’ in Russia. The field of ‘psychology & law’ has a very long and strong tradition in Russia, but very little is known about this since Russian scholars rarely (if ever) publish their work in English. Second, the volume contains seven state-of-the-art chapters on topics which are at the very core of ‘psychology & law’, for example lie detection, crime linking and false memories. All chapters in the volume are written by distinguished scholars. It is drawn from the European Assn. of Psychology and Law Conference.

Pars Granshag:PhD in Psychology, 1996 (Gothenburg University). Full Professor of Psychology, 2006 (GU). Currently holds a full time position as Professor of Psychology (GU), and is affiliated with the Norwegian Police University College and with the University of Oslo (Department of Psychology).Scientific publications :List of publications (by January, 2015) includes over 250 items; 135 of these are papers published in international peer-reviewed journals (the majority of these are on deception detection). I have published papers in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Law and Human Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy and Law, and Psychological Science in the Public Interest. His work has been cited over 4,500 times (H-factor 36).

Ray Bull is (part-time) Professor of Criminal Investigation at The University of Derby. In 2014 he became (for three years) President of the European Association of Psychology and Law. In 2012 he was made the first Honorary Life Member of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group. In 2010 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society "for the contribution made to the discipline of psychology" (this honour is restricted to 40 living psychologists). In 2008 he received from the European Association of Psychology and Law the ‘Award for Life-time Contribution to Psychology and Law’. In 2005 he received a Commendation from the London Metropolitan Police for "Innovation and professionalism whilst assisting a complex rape investigation". He regularly acts as an expert witness and conducts workshops/training on investigative interviewing.