Crime, Mental Health, and the Law: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective

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23 February 2023

Editorial: Crime, mental health, and the law: A psycho-criminological perspective

Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan

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Psychological criminology is regarded as the convergence of psychology and criminology, in which psychological criminology is concerned with the use of psychological knowledge to explain or describe, with the attempt to change, criminal behavior.

This Research Topic focuses on the application of psycho-criminological approaches and constructs to crime, criminal and civil law, and the influence of law on mental health and behavior. This is to explore how individual criminal behavior is acquired, evoked, maintained, and modified through personality, social, and/or environmental influences.

Contributors from criminology, criminal justice, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, legal, forensic sciences, genetics, public health, and allied fields are welcomed to contribute to this article collection. The key aim of this Research Topic is to advance our understanding of psycho-criminological mechanisms (i.e., personal, social, and environmental influences) associated with different criminal behavior in the intersections of mental health and the law.

We welcome Original Research, Brief Research Report, Mini Review, Review, Systematic Review, Policy and Practice Review articles.

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Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan

University of Birmingham

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Forensic and Legal Psychology

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