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The European Association of Psychology and Law (abbreviated EAPL) is a learned society dedicated to developing and promoting research at the intersection of psychology and law, with a special focus on
Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
. It was established in 1992 at the third European Conference on Psychology and Law in
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. The resolution to found the association was made at the second such conference in 1990, of which Friedrich Losel was the chair. The association's official journal, '' Psychology, Crime & Law'', was founded in 1994 and soon became affiliated with the association.


Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the EAPL: *Friedrich Lösel (1992–97) *
David P. Farrington David Philip Farrington, (7 March 1944 – 5 November 2024) was a British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and emeritus professor of psychological criminology at the University of Cambridge, where he was also a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus F ...
(1997–2000) *Frans-Willem Winkel (2000–03) *Graham Davies (2003–06) *Peter van Koppen (2006–09) *David Cooke (2009–12) *Pär Anders Granhag (2012–15) * Ray Bull (2014–present)


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* Organizations established in 1992 Pan-European learned societies Psychology organisations based in Europe {{Psych-stub