Authors
Kassin, Saul M.Drizin, Steven A.
Grisso, Thomas
Gudjonsson, Gisli H.
Leo, Richard A.
Redlich, Allison D.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of PsychiatryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2010-01-01Keywords
*CoercionEngland
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Police
Risk Factors
*Truth Disclosure
United States
Psychiatry
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Recent DNA exonerations have shed light on the problem that people sometimes confess to crimes they did not commit. Drawing on police practices, laws concerning the admissibility of confession evidence, core principles of psychology, and forensic studies involving multiple methodologies, this White Paper summarizes what is known about police-induced confessions. In this review, we identify suspect characteristics (e.g., adolescence; intellectual disability; mental illness; and certain personality traits), interrogation tactics (e.g., excessive interrogation time; presentations of false evidence; and minimization), and the phenomenology of innocence (e.g., the tendency to waive Miranda rights) that influence confessions as well as their effects on judges and juries. This article concludes with a strong recommendation for the mandatory electronic recording of interrogations and considers other possibilities for the reform of interrogation practices and the protection of vulnerable suspect populations.Source
Law Hum Behav. 2010 Feb;34(1):3-38. Epub 2009 Jul 15. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1007/s10979-009-9188-6Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45753PubMed ID
19603261Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s10979-009-9188-6