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Police Interrogations and False Confessions: Current Research, Practice, and Policy Recommendations (Decade of Behavior)
G. Daniel Lassiter
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Hardcover. Examines three salient dimensions of false confessions: interrogation tactics and the problem of false confessions; review of Supreme Court decisions regarding Miranda warnings and custodial interrogations; and research on juvenile confessions and deception in interrogative interviews. This book concludes with policy recommendations. Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMH; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
Although it is generally believed that wrongful convictions based on false confessions are relatively rare - the 1989 Central Park jogger 'wilding' case being the most notorious example - recent exonerations of the innocent through DNA testing are increasing at a rate that few in the criminal justice system might have speculated. Because of the growing realization of the false confession phenomenon, psychologists, sociologists, and legal/law-enforcement scholars and practitioners have begun to examine the factors embedded in American criminal investigations and interrogations that may lead innocent people to implicate themselves in crimes they did not commit. ""Police Interrogations and False ... Read more
Although it is generally believed that wrongful convictions based on false confessions are relatively rare - the 1989 Central Park jogger 'wilding' case being the most notorious example - recent exonerations of the innocent through DNA testing are increasing at a rate that few in the criminal justice system might have speculated. Because of the growing realization of the false confession phenomenon, psychologists, sociologists, and legal/law-enforcement scholars and practitioners have begun to examine the factors embedded in American criminal investigations and interrogations that may lead innocent people to implicate themselves in crimes they did not commit. ""Police Interrogations and False ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9781433807435
SKU
V9781433807435
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