While forensic psychology is considered a rather new specialty area within psychology, the field dates back to the earliest days in psychology's history. Philosophers and scientists have long sought to understand what makes people commit crimes, behave aggressively, or engage in antisocial behaviors. Despite being a relatively new specialty area, just officially recognized as a specialty area by the American Psychological Association in 2001, the field of forensic psychology has roots that date back to Wilhelm Wundt's first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany. In fact, psychology and law have really been intertwined since the dawn of recorded history. Today there is hardly an area of the law where psychological expert testimony is not being implemented and there can be no doubt that forensic psychology has made significant contributions to the execution of justice.