Division 10: Psychology, Law & Ethics
Welcome to Division 10: Psychology, Law & Ethics
The International Association of Applied Psychology, division 10, Psychology, Law & Ethics was initiated in 1986 by Roy Malpass and officially formed in 1988. Division 10 is a worldwide network of academics and practitioners, with common interests in a variety of domains, such as investigative interviews, detection of lies and deception, credibility assessment, face recognition, legal decision making, clinical assessment, recidivism and dangerousness, ethics applied in legal and psychological practices, among other topics.
To date the division has 150 members from 29 countries, that is: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The IAAP, division 10, Psychology, Law & Ethics provides its members an opportunity to communicate about research and practice in the psycho-legal and forensic psychology arena, and undertakes joint research projects with colleagues across the world. Finally, it serves as a platform to communicate, share ideas and data about new challenges faced by our societies. The division is therefore strongly involved in the new special project “Immigrants and Refugees” supported by the International Association of Applied Psychology (https://iaapsy.org/policies-initiatives/).
President: Igor Areh
President-Elect: Anthony Cole
Past President: Fanny Verkampt
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Conferences & Events
2025 APS Festival of Psychology
Organized by the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Dates: 16–18 May 2025
Location: Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
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Annual Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL)
Dates: 5–8 August 2025
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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International Reports, Guidelines, and Journals
Available soon!
Student Division
Allan, A. (2020). Structuring the debate about research ethics in the psychology and law field : An international perspective. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Advanced online publication.
Allan, A. (2020). The profession’s role in helping psychologists balance society’s interests with their clients’ interests. Australian Psychologist, 55, 317-326. https://doi.org/:10.1111/ap.12446
Allan, A. (2020). Structuring the debate about research ethics in the psychology and law field: An international perspective. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 27(3), 397-411. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2020.1742243
Allan, A., & Allan, M. M. (2020). Ethical issues when working with terminally ill people who desire to hasten the ends of their lives: A western perspective. Ethics & Behavior, 30(1), 28-44. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2019.1592683
Allan, A., Parry, C. L., Tubex, H., Spiranovic, C., & Morgan, F. (2020). Forensic experts’ perspectives on Australian Indigenous Sexual Offenders and factors important in evaluating the risk of recidivism. International. Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative. First view online. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X20967941
Areh, I. (2020). Forensic assessment may be based on common sense assumptions rather than science. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 71, 101607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101607
Parry, C., Preece, D., Allan, M. M., & Allan, A. (2020). Alexithymia in non-violent offenders. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Online. https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2177
Preece, D., Parry, C., Allan, M. M., & Allan, A. (2020). Assessing alexithymia in forensic settings: Psychometric properties of the 20- item Toronto Alexithymia Scale in a sample of incarcerated adult offenders. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Online. https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.1002/cb m.2176
Spiranovic, C., Ferrante, A., Buscot, B., Griffiths, K., Allan, A., Wong, S., Tubex, H., & Morgan, F. (2020). The promises and perils of developing a National Sex Offender Recidivism Database in Australia. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32(3), 359-367. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10345 329.2020.1807701