Law and Human Behavior
Last updated ISSN 0147-7307
Law and Human Behavior is published by American Psychological Association in psychology. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Law and Human Behavior concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Jury Decision Making Processes
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0147-7307, 1573-661X |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,318 |
| Publishing since | 1800 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/pubs/journals/lhb/index.aspx |
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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