Psychology Public Policy and Law
Last updated ISSN 1076-8971
Psychology Public Policy and Law 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 Psychology Public Policy and Law 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
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Jury Decision Making Processes
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1076-8971, 1939-1528 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,421 |
| Publishing since | 1995 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/journals/law/ |
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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