Abstract: This article outlines contemporary research state of legal psychologyin U.S.A. and U.K.,it lays emphasis on the major research fields: eye-witness testimony, interrogation and confession,psychology of courtroom.,jury research, criminal psychology, psychology of victim and psycho-logy of legal procedures. Two problems in their research are pointed outlastly: low external validity in some researches and unbalanced researchdistribution.

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