We are very grateful to the rector of St. Petersburg State University, Nikolay Kropachev, for agreeing to host and support the meeting from which the chapters in this volume emerge. We would also like to acknowledge the support from the many brilliant psychologists and lawyers of St. Petersburg State University. We would like to extend particular appreciation to the dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Professor Alla Shaboltas, and the dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Natalia Sheveleva. Without your support, this volume would never had materialized. We are also in debt to Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. Scholars at this university provided valuable support in preparing and running the European Association of Psychology and Law congress in St. Petersburg. We are particularly grateful to Professor Elena Dozortseva of Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. We would also like to thank Dr. Lisa ?hman for all her efforts working with this book.