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6 Legal & Criminological Psych. 1 (2001)

handle is hein.journals/legadclpy6 and id is 1 raw text is: Legal and Criminological Psychology (2001), 6, 1-2 Printed in Great Britain 1 © 2001 The British Psychological Society Editorial It is both a pleasure and a privilege to introduce the sixth volume of Legal and Criminological Psychology in my capacity as new editor of the journal. In taking on this role from the founding editors, Mary McMurran and Sally Lloyd-Bostock, I have been fortunate to inherit a flourishing publication. At the time of the inception of the journal, I expressed misgivings about its viability, given the already large number of existing journals devoted to this area. I am delighted to have been proved wrong. Due to the efforts of the founding editors and the Journals Department, the journal has developed in a very short time into a respected academic forum. It has proved a worthy addition to the established journals published by the British Psychological Society, which celebrates its centenary this year. The journal's success also attests to the robust growth of the area. The title describes a broad alliance of interests in applying psychological theories and research to legal processes and the activities of those involved in the justice system, whether as agents or recipients. Although these interests span many of the traditional divisions of academic and applied psychology, and defy a single coherent descriptive label, there is now a trend to treat this broad area as a sub-discipline. Within the journal's lifetime, several countries have witnessed a rapid increase in new academic courses covering psychological knowledge of crime and the legal system as well as the forensic applications of this knowledge to legal decision- making. Psychological knowledge and methods are also being used increasingly by a variety of criminal justice agencies. The journal will continue to reflect and contribute to developments across this broad spectrum of scholarship and practice. Having participated in the development of the journal as an Associate Editor since its inception, I do not envisage a need for any major changes in editorial policy or direction, and my aspirations are to build on the firm foundations established by the founding editors. In their first editorial in 1996, they recorded their commitment to establishing an empirically based international psychological journal, which would include critical theoretical discussion and multidisciplinary contributions. The achievement of these aims is summarized in their valedictory editorial in the last issue. I would simply emphasize that the 100 papers making up the first five volumes of the journal have included reports of empirical research on virtually all of the topics of interest to the field, as well as reviews and methodological commentaries, and almost a half of these papers were contributed by authors working outside the UK. I aim to encourage these trends, and the journal will continue to include special sections and invited papers on topical issues. I would also like to encourage more contributions from professionals in neighbouring criminological and legal disciplines.

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