It is a great pleasure to welcome this second edition of Andreas Kapardis' textbook, Psychology and Law. The first edition rapidly became recognised as a classic and has been widely used in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in legal and forensic psychology. My own students have found it incredibly useful and informative.

This second edition is even better. Although it follows the successful organisation of the first edition, this book has been completely revised and updated, especially the chapters on children as witnesses and on the psychologist as an expert witness. Novel features include margin notes, case studies and revision questions. Like the first edition, this book is scholarly, detailed, wide-ranging and up-to-date, but nevertheless very readable. There is no comparable modern textbook with such an international coverage of research on psychology and law.

The international coverage reflects the fact that Andreas Kapardis is a very international person. He completed Masters and PhD theses under my supervision at Cambridge University about 20 years ago and then taught and carried out research for a long time in Australia. Now he is pioneering research and teaching in legal and forensic psychology in Cyprus. Dr Kapardis is exceptionally knowledgeable about psychology and law throughout the world, as readers of this book will soon discover.

Forensic psychology is expanding very quickly in many different countries and there is an increasing need for trained scholars and practitioners.