Universiteit Maastricht

Elective Psychology and Law in a nutshell

Coordinator: Dr. Tom Smeets, department of Clinical Psychological Science, Phone 043-38 84506, Universiteitssingel 40, East, room 3.743, email: tom.smeets@maastrichtuniversity.nl


This course will provide psychology (but also law) students interested in psychology & law with an introduction to topics typical for this field. Examples of such topics are traumatic memories, the fallibility of eyewitness memory, hear-say evidence, children’s false memories, and recovered memories of sexual abuse. Each week, research articles and case material descriptions related to a week theme will be studied and discussed.


  • Format: Tutorial group meetings and lectures
  • Assessment: Written paper
  • Maximum enrolment: 60