AP-LS
Definition
American Psychology-Law Society, APA Division 41, the primary US professional society for forensic psychology, publisher of Law and Human Behavior.
- Full name
- American Psychology-Law Society
- Affiliation
- APA Division 41
- Region
- United States
- Publishes
- Law and Human Behavior
Common questions
What role does Law and Human Behavior play for the field?+
It is the society's peer-reviewed journal and a primary venue where empirical research on eyewitness testimony, competency evaluation, risk assessment, and other psychology-law topics is published and where findings often first reach practitioners and courts.
How does being an APA division shape what AP-LS does?+
As Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, AP-LS sits inside the APA's broader governance and ethics structure while still operating its own conferences, journal, and training initiatives specific to psychology and law rather than general clinical psychology.
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