This volume of proceedings from the IVth conference of the European Association of psychology and law, held in Barcelona, Spain, in 1994, summarizes the recent advances in the field of the psychology of law, with particular reference to contribution by (increasingly, southern) European researchers and practitioners. The book reflects an enormous variety in terms of areas of interest and methodologies. Most areas of research receive attention, from prison to courtroom to international comparative studies, from victims to offenders to legal operators. Methodologies range from survey research to experiments to meta analysis, and reflect the vast expansion in empirical research that this field has witnessed in recent years. The volume, a continuation of a series, will be of interest to scholars and practitioners from both legal and psychological areas, and serves to document the increasing applicability of psychological perspectives to legal and criminal justice interventions.

Part 1 Law and psychology in different countries: Europe, H. Kury
Latin America, J.H. del Popolo
Portugal, R.A. Goncalves
Netherlands, D.J. Hessing et al
German unification, A. Kuhne. Part 2 Victimology: Criminal behaviour and the pre-victimization process, F.W. Winkel
Criminal victimization and well-being, A. Denkers, F.W. Winkel
Victimological aspects of computer crimes, T. Alessia
Victimization in close relationships, P. Wetzels, W. Bilsky
The victim's experience and the fear of crime, H. Kury. Part 3 Witnesses and expert testimony - child witnesses, M. Alonso-Quecuty et al: instruction and suggestions, R. Robert, V. Pieters
Changes in subtle hand/finger movements during attempted deception, A. Vrij
The effects of distraction on police officer shooting behaviour, A. Vrij et al
Paralinguistic and nonverbal triggers of biased credibility assessment of rape victims in Dutch police officers, A.C. Baldry et al
Psychological expert testimony on eyewitness issues on the basis of case related field experiments, T. Fabian, M. Stadler
Some aspects of the role of the expert in criminal cases, J.F. Nijboer. Part 4 Juries and tribunals: Models in jury decision making, P. de Paul
Formal pattern in jury decision making, E.I. de la Fuente et al
Inquisitorial jury selection through scientific support, R. Arce et al
Influence of the prosecutor's plea on the judge's sentencing in sexual crimes, E. Garrido Martin, C. Herrero Alonso
Enquiry on judicial decisions, J. Sobral Fernandez
Is the judge's role to be reformulated? R. Jacob. Part 5 Child development and delinquency: Delinquency prevention in the first few years of life, D.P. Farrington
Self-reported delinquency in Spain and Castilla-La Mancha, J. Montanez-Rodriguez et al
Adoption and murder, P.D. Jaffe
Descriptive preliminary study of the long term effects of divorce on the psychological adjustment process of children, A. Jarne et al
Custodian's gender and the psychological disorders in development of children, A. Czerederecka, T. Jaskiewicz-Obydzinska. Part 6 Psychological factors related to crime: Mental illness and criminality, S. Luberto et al
Outcome experiences, M. M. McMurran
Socio-cognitive skills and female crime, A.M. Martin-Rodriguez, A.M. Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Empirical approach to offender profiling, J.L. Jackson et al
The criminal psychologist, V. Garrido Genoves. (Part contents).