Psychology and Law in Europe

Pär-Anders Granhag, PhD in Psychology (Gothenburg University), currently holds a full-time position as Professor of Psychology at Gothenburg University, and is affiliated with the Norwegian Police University College and the University of Oslo (Department of Psychology). His scientific publications include more than 250 items, 135 of them papers published in international peer-reviewed journals (the majority on deception detection). Granhag has published papers in journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Law and Human Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy and Law, and Psychological Science in the Public Interest. His work has been cited more than 4,500 times (H-factor 36).Ray Bull is Professor of Criminal Investigation at The University of Derby. In 2014 he became (for three years) President of the European Association of Psychology and Law. In 2012 he was made the first Honorary Life Member of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group. In 2010 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society for the contribution made to the discipline of psychology (this honor is restricted to 40 living psychologists). In 2008 he received from the European Association of Psychology and Law the Award for Life-time Contribution to Psychology and Law. In 2005 he received a Commendation from the London Metropolitan Police for innovation and professionalism while assisting a complex rape investigation. He regularly acts as an expert witness and conducts workshops/training on investigative interviewing.

• IntroductionP. A. Granhag, R. Bull, A. Shaboltas and E. DozortsevaSection 1: Setting the stage1. Forensic and criminal psychology in Russia: History of development and currentstate A. Shaboltas 2. Legal consciousness: The nervous chord of a legal systemD. I. Lukovskaya and M. A. Kapustina 3. The origin of the paternalistic tradition in Russian social consciousnessM. I. YudinaSection 2: Crimes: Sex and money4. Lay thinking about sexual murderer and victim in groups of young Russian men and womenN. Dvoryanchikov, I. Bovina, O. Logunova and A. Gutnick5. Assumptions underlying behavioral linkage revisited: ascertaining individual differentiation and consistency in serial rapeM. Sorochinski and C.G. Salfati6. Victims or "fighters"? Narratives of abused women who killed their male intimate partners P. S. Pereira7. Mock jurors’ understanding of forensic science and its perceived importance in judicial processesL. Hammond and M. Ioannou8. Dysfunctional economic behaviour: Victims of financial debt (the case of microfinance organization clients)O. DeynekaSection 3: Personality: Psychopathy and risk taking9. Problem personalities in the workplace: Development of the Corporate Personality InventoryK. Fritzon, C. Bailey, S. Croom and N. Brooks10. How moral emotions affect the probability of relapseA. Körner, R. Schindler and T. Hahnemann11. Personality traits of juveniles convicted of sexual assaultG. A. Vartanyan and S. V. Gorbatov12. Risk-taking behaviour, values and attitudes towards tra