Law and Human Behavior

*Law and Human Behavior*
Discipline	Legal psychology, forensic psychology
Language	English
Edited by	Bradley D. McAuliff
Publication details
History	1977–present
Publisher	American Psychological Association
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	2.4 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
Bluebook	Law & Hum. Behav.
ISO 4	Law Hum. Behav.
Indexing;
CODEN	LHBEDM
ISSN	0147-7307 (print); 1573-661X (web);
LCCN	77641812
OCLC no.	03173559
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

Law and Human Behavior is a bimonthly academic journal published by the American Psychology–Law Society. It publishes original empirical papers, reviews, and meta-analyses on how the law, legal system, and legal process relate to human behavior, particularly legal psychology and forensic psychology.^[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.4.^[2]

David DeMatteo, (incoming, 2025-present) Drexel University
Bradley D. McAuliff, (2019-2024) California State University, Northridge
Margaret Bull Kovera, (2012-2018) John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Brian Cutler, (2007-2011) University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Richard Wiener, (1997-2006) University of Nebraska
Ronald Roesch, (1988-1996) Simon Fraser University
Michael J. Saks, (1985-1988) Arizona State University
Bruce Sales, (1977-1984) University of Arizona