Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law online/The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Last updated ISSN 1093-6793
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law online/The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is published by American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law online/The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Ethics in medical practice
Key facts
| Publisher | American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1093-6793 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 985 |
| Publishing since | 1973 |
| Journal website | www.jaapl.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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