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The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions: A Handbook

ISBN: 978-0-470-84461-8
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704 pages
January 2003
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About the Author.

Series Preface.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART I: INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS.

Interrogation Tactics and Techniques.

Interrogation in Britain.

Persons at Risk During Interviews in Police Custody: the Royal Commission Studies.

The Identification and Measurement of 'Oppressive' Police Interviewing Tactics in Britain.

Why do Suspects Confess? Theories.

Why do Suspects Confess? Empirical Findings.

Miscarriages of Justice and False Confessions.

The Psychology of False Confession: Research and Theoretical Issues.

The Psychology of False Confession: Case Examples.

PART II: LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS.

The English Law on Confessions.

The American Law on Confessions.

The Psychological Assessment.

Suggestibility: Historical and Theoretical Aspects.

Interrogative Suggestibility: Empirical Findings.

PART III: BRITISH COURT OF APPEAL CASES.

The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol Upon the Reliability of Testimony.

The Court of Appeal.

The 'Guildford Four' and the 'Birmingham Six'.

Psychological Vulnerability.

Police Impropriety.

Misleading Special Knowledge.

PART IV: FOREIGN CASES OF DISPUTED CONFESSIONS.

Four High Profile American Cases.

Canadian and Israeli Cases.

Murder in Norway: a False Belief Leading to a False Confession.

References.

Appendix.

Index.

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