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stefano ferracuti

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Specialty Chief Editor

Forensic and Legal Psychology
benedetta barchielli

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Associate Editor

Forensic and Legal Psychology
colleen m. berryessa

Rutgers University, Newark

Newark, United States

Associate Editor

Forensic and Legal Psychology
heng choon (oliver) chan

University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Associate Editor

Forensic and Legal Psychology

Forensic and Legal Psychology

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Editors

stefano ferracuti

benedetta barchielli

colleen m. berryessa

heng choon (oliver) chan

Articles

The impact of time pressure and type of fraud on susceptibility to online fraud

Examining a Dutch Short Form of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding Version 6 (BIDR): Comparing Polytomous and Dichotomous Scoring Methods in a Multidimensional Framework

Determinants of post-penitentiary social reintegration: analysis of the needs and perceptions of persons released from detention in Romania

Socio-economic determinants of intimate-partner physical violence among women in South Africa

Research Topics

The Dynamics of Emotion Regulation and Aggressiveness in Gender-Based Violence Contexts

Child and Elder Abuse: A Public Health Issue

Adultcentrism and Bleak Pedagogy: Rediscovering adults through the lens of childhood

Women Offenders: The Challenge of Evidence-based Practice in Correctional and Forensic Mental Health Services