Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law : an Interdisciplinary Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
Overview
Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law : an Interdisciplinary Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law is a scientific journal, published since 1994 in English. The journal's country of origin is United Kingdom.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Psychiatr Psychol Law
Start
1994
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly, 2010-
p-ISSN
1321-8719
e-ISSN
1934-1687
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 9030
38
SJR / Ranks: 9760
441
CiteScore / Ranks: 10462
2.10
Recent Articles
1.
Ryan N, Ryan N
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):1-22.
PMID: 39882087
Often, when an offender is sentenced their family and friends find themselves in a state of uncertainty. At this point, family and friends of prisoners need support and often find...
2.
Reutens S, Butler T, Hwang Y, Withall A
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):92-105.
PMID: 39882086
This study aims to characterize people with dementia who were charged with criminal offences between 1995 and 2020 and describe their offending. Court cases were derived from Australian legal databases...
3.
Sakdalan J, Buchwald K, Visser S
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):121-132.
PMID: 39882085
There is considerable variability in fitness to stand trial (FST) findings between assessors, which may potentially influence the courts' decisions for defendants with intellectual disability (ID). This study aims to...
4.
Sehlikoglu K, Sehlikoglu S, Aslan M
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):55-67.
PMID: 39882084
It is accepted all over the world that children whose biological, psychological, cognitive, moral and social development processes are ongoing and whose value judgments are not sufficiently developed should not...
5.
Bennett M, Harris D, Richards K, Shields R
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):106-120.
PMID: 39882083
This article presents the findings of a historical, qualitative thematic analysis of archival clinical records of 24 men convicted of child sexual abuse and referred for civil commitment to the...
6.
De Silva H, Shepherd S, McEwan T
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):68-91.
PMID: 39882082
Numerous qualitative studies report South Asian migrants use police as a last resort for family violence (FV), however no quantitative evidence exists in Australia. This study examines police-reported FV recorded...
7.
Al-Humoud A, Al-Zayed A, Al-Hasan F
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):42-54.
PMID: 39882081
The case of (1843) laid out the insanity defence test for the British legal system. Later, many countries basing their criminal legislation on the British common law system, including the...
8.
DUrso G, Bruffa V, Fasolo M, Petruccelli I
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):133-147.
PMID: 39882080
This qualitative study explores the emotional and social experiences of 10 children, aged 6-11, residing in foster care before adoption for almost three years. Through semi-structured interviews, the study underlined...
9.
Jackson E, Curley L, Leverick F, Lages M
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2025 Jan;
32(1):23-41.
PMID: 39882079
We study the effect of the Scottish three-verdict system (guilty, not guilty, not proven) and the Anglo-American two-verdict system (guilty, not guilty) on juror decisions by combining data sets from...
10.
Chu J, Wilson H, McCormack J, McGinn V, Brookbanks W, Bullen C
Psychiatr Psychol Law
. 2024 Dec;
31(6):1051-1063.
PMID: 39678700
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a developmental disability that can cause difficulties with communication, emotional regulation and executive function, making people with FASD vulnerable to adverse involvement within the...