THE NEED FOR AND THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN BEHAVIORAL-SCIENCE-AND-LAW SCHOLARSHIP

Behavioral-science-and-law scholarship suffers from the lack of many a ctivities examining issues from a comparative or cross-cultural perspe ctive. Although U.S. contributions tend to be the most insular, the pr oblem applies to virtually all behavioral-science-and-law endeavors. T his special perspective examines the trend in behavioral-science-and-l aw 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. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd .