Review of Legal Psychology

Abstract

Reviews the book, Legal Psychology by Harold Ernest Burtt (1931). The reviewer notes that Burtt has been successful in making the subject matter understandable to those not trained in the field of psychology. Members of the legal profession, police officials, social workers, and others coming into contact with crime and its detection and prevention will this book to be a valuable compilation of the psychological material in this field. The book also represents a keen analysis and interesting presentation of many of the problems of criminology. The material is organized under three headings: the psychology of testimony, the psychology of the criminal, and the psychology of crime prevention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)