From the lab
Cross-cultural communication in the courtroom
In international courtrooms, where legal professionals and witnesses often come from vastly different cultural backgrounds, communication can be a challenge. […]
From the lab
A field study on cultural differences in South African eyewitness reports
As part of the ERC project on Eyewitness Memory in Cross-Cultural Contexts, Laura Weiss, Werner Nell, Thembelihle Lobi, Colin Tredoux […]
From the lab
The way we remember and report: Cultural differences in eyewitness memory
How do people from different cultural backgrounds remember and report what they have witnessed? In a newly published open-access article […]
From the lab
Annelies Vredeveldt appointed Professor of Legal Psychology
We are happy to announce that our Director, Annelies Vredeveldt, has been appointed Full Professor of Legal Psychology at VU […]
From the lab
Cross-cultural interview training for investigators
Last week the ALLP research team led by Annelies Vredeveldt, Fenia Ferra, and Maria Shenouda gave the first round of training […]
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Book presentation Between Law and Science
On Thursday the 5th of September 2024, the new Dutch handbook legal psychology, Between Law and Science: The psychology of the […]
♦ Recent projects ♦
Disclosing evidence in suspect interviews
The research project on disclosing evidence in suspect interviews is a substantive attempt to bring research into practice. This effort […]
Eyewitness memory in cross-cultural contexts
The research project Eyewitness Memory in Cross-Cultural Contexts is a collaborative project of the Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) […]
Legal Psychologists as Experts
In the research project Legal Psychologists as Experts, we examine whether legal psychologists who frequently write expert witness reports in […]
Validity of Statements
In the research project Validity of Statements, ALLP members examine how we can determine to what extent statements by witnesses, […]
Eyewitness collaboration
In the research project Eyewitness Collaboration, financed by the Society in Science in Switzerland, Dr. Annelies Vredeveldt and Prof. Peter van […]
Geographical Profiling
In the Geographical Profiling project, ALLP members investigate how offenders select locations to commit crimes, how they move from and […]
Bodycams
In the research project Bodycams, financed by the Police & Science programme, legal psychologist Dr. Annelies Vredeveldt and criminal law scholar Linda […]