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series of murders where they did not know the motive for the crime. Since
then, many countries have introduced this system, and the field of criminal

psychology has grown further.

On the other hand, legal psychology, a new field of expertise, is the study
of psychological factors that play an important role in law enforcement and

correction. Among legal psychology, the area of research related to testimony
that psychologists state as experts in court is called legal psychology. Court
psychologists are involved in many aspects of civil law and criminal law. Civil law includes arbitration
of divorce, right of custody, authority and disability. In the case of criminal law, if the defendant defends

insanity, the defendant's mental state is judged and the expert's testimony on the relevant psychological
factors is presented.

Recently, the scope has been expanded beyond legal psychology to general human behavior related to

law. For example, how consistent judges' rulings are, how changes in tax laws affect tax evasion, and
how reasonable law enforcement procedures are, and so on have expanded to include the rationality and
psychological legitimacy of the law. Therefore, the traditional fields of legal psychology and criminal
psychology are integrated into legal psychology that covers all human activities related to law.

Legal psychology includes police and investigative psychology, advisory and testimony, court structure
and jurisdiction, court procedures, trial counseling, criminal court advice, civil and juvenile court advice,
violence and intimidation psychology, legal psychology and victims.

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