The psychology of interrogations and confessions
Subtitle: a handbook
By: Gisli H Gudjonsson
Contributors: Wiley online library
Series: Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing and law
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England; Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780470713297
Subjects: Confession (Law); Getuigenverklaringen; Psychologische aspecten; Verhoor (recht); Police questioning; Psychological aspects; Bekentenis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-662) and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Interrogations and confessions. Interrogation tactics and techniques; title: Interrogation in Britain; title: Persons at risk during interviews in police custody : the Royal Commission studies; title: The identification and measurement of 'oppressive' police interviewing tactics in Britain / John Pearse and Gisli H. Gudjonsson; title: Why do suspects confess? theories; title: Why do suspects confess? empirical findings; title: Miscarriages of justice and false confessions; title: The psychology of false confession : research and theoretical issues; title: The psychology of false confession : case examples. Legal and psychological aspects. The English law on confessions; title: The American law on confessions; title: The psychological assessment; title: Suggestibility : historical and theoretical aspects; title: Interrogative suggestibility : empirical findings; title: The effects of drugs and alcohol upon the reliability of testimony. British Court of Appeal cases. The Court of Appeal; title: The 'Guilford four' and the 'Birmingham six' / Gisli H. Gudjonsson and J.A.C. MacKeith; title: Psychological vulnerability; title: Police impropriety; title: Misleading special knowledge. Foreign cases of disputed confessions. Four high profile American cases; title: Canadian and Israeli cases; title: Murder in Norway : a false belief leading to a false confession.