Citation

Bornstein BH, Penrod SD. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 2008; 22(6): 759-768.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/acp.1480

PMID

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Abstract

Hugo Münsterberg is widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of psychology and law, and the publication of his book On the Witness Stand (1908) is considered the signal event in its founding. However, numerous other researchers were conducting and publishing research on psycholegal topics in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and at least one other book on psychology and law--G. F. Arnold's Psychology Applied to Legal Evidence and Other Constructions of Law (1906)--appeared prior to the publication of Münsterberg's work. The present paper contrasts these two seminal publications, focussing on their relevance to the 'basic-versus-applied' debate in contemporary eyewitness memory research and exploring reasons why Münsterberg has been so influential while Arnold has been largely ignored. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: en