Article by Richard Conti, Boise State University.
Category Archives: Research
Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff, and False Confessions
Jennifer T. Perillo • Saul M. Kassin August 24, 2010 Law and Human Behavior (published online)
Silence is Golden
People have a strange and worrying tendency to admit to things they have not, in fact, done August 13, 2011 The Economist
Rutgers University Law Review article on wrongful convictions of youth
Center on Wrongful Convictions Youth(CWCY) law review article analyzing 103 wrongful convictions of defendants under 20 years of age. Study found that over 30 percent of the wrongful convcitons involved a false confession among other important facts.
Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies. in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial
Case Studies in Use of DNA Evidence Series: NIJ Research Report, June 1996
The Substance of False Confessions
University of Virginia Law Review article by Brandon L. Garrett analyzing 40 false confessions of exonerated individuals who had been incarcerated for rape and murder.
Criminal Law Resources: False Confessions LLRX
This site has links to a wide variety of research papers, articles and resources on false confessions.
Techniques and Controversies in the Interrogation of Suspects: The Artful Practice versus the Scientific Study
By Allison D. Redlich, Policy Research Associates and Christian Meissner, University of Texas, El Paso
Law & Psychiatry: Mental Illness, Police Interrogations, and the Potential for False Confession
Psychiatric Services, by Allison Redlich, Ph.D. January 2004