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Division 10: Psychology, Law & Ethics

Welcome to Division 10!

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. 

Division 10 Board Members

President: Anthony Cole, Australia

President-Elect: Kerry Fisher, United Kingdom

Past-President: Igor Areh

Secretary: Jenna Wettstein, USA

Contacting Division 10: iaap.division10@gmail.com 

Newsletter and Social Media: division10comms@gmail.com 

Projects and Events: division10events@gmail.com 

Platforms:

Advisory Committee

This committee is composed of Academics and Practitioners who are experts in the Psycho-Legal and Forensic Psychology areas:

  • Alfred Allan, Professor
  • Colin Tredoux, Professor

Other qualified Division 10 members to be formally appointed.

Read more about the Division 10 Board Members!

About

Division 10, 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. 

If you are a member of IAAP, but not a member of Division 10 yet, join us!

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Conferences & Events

44th Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Annual Congress (ANZAPPL)

Dates: 2 – 5 December, 2026

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Click HERE for more details.

34th International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 

Dates: 16-21 July, 2028 

Location: Naarm (Melbourne), Australia 

Click HERE for more details.

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