The Need for and the Role of Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Behavioral-Science-and-Law Scholarship

Authors

David Carson, University of Southampton
Alan Tomkins, University of NebraskaFollow

Date of this Version

October 1997

Comments

Published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Vol. 15 (1997), pp. 321-328. Copyright © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Used by permission.

Abstract

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.