【作者】格瑞松等
【内容提要】
There has been a rapidly expanding interest among psychologists to study the law, the legal system, and legal process. As professionals and researchers, psychologists need to know about the law that controls their practice. Therefore, three surveys were undertaken to determine whether graduate programs in psychology were offering courses, programs, or opportunities for specialization in law and psychology, what these offerings consisted of, and whether new offerings were planned for the future. Although a substantial number of courses dealing with psycholegal topics are being offered in graduate departments, many of these courses appear to be extremely narrow in focus and thus of questionable value in training psychologists to do varied research on the law. Furthermore, many departments offer little or no training in the laws that control a professional's or a researcher's work even though the American Psychological Association's Ethical Standards of Psychologists mandates that psychologists stay abreast of these laws. Several graduate programs in law-psychology are described, including joint degree law and psychology programs as well as specialized doctoral and masters programs.