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The need for and the role of comparative and cross‐cultural perspectives in behavioral‐science‐and‐law scholarship
Author(s) -
Carson David,
Tomkins Alan J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199722/06)15:3<321::aid-bsl277>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - allegation , scholarship , perspective (graphical) , behavioural sciences , cross cultural , sociology , psychology , law , political science , social science , computer science , artificial intelligence
Behavioral‐science‐and‐law scholarship suffers from the lack of many activities examining issues from a comparative or cross‐cultural perspective. Although U.S. contributions tend to be the most insular, the problem applies to virtually all behavioral‐science‐and‐law endeavors. This special perspective examines the trend in behavioral‐science‐and‐law scholarship, presents data to support the allegation that there are few comparative/cross‐cultural contributions, offers explanations for the situation, and advocates for the introduction of more comparative/cross‐cultural efforts in the future. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.