Published by Saul Kassin, Professor of Psychology, Williams College

Article by Elizabeth F. Loftus, University Of Washington,Seattle, Washington 98195, published in Scientific American, September 1997, Vol 277 #3, Pages 70-75

By Joe Wheeler Dixon, PhD, JD

Confessions of an interrogator: Ten principles that guide a successful interrogation-by making it easier for a suspect to confess, by Nathan J. Gordon Security Management, October 1, 2002 This article by the author of “Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques” is a nice short primer on the kinds of interrogations techniques that are seen time and time again in false confession cases. It’s another way of packaging the Reid technique. Notice that there is not even the hint of the possibility of false confessions and the complete confidence of the interrogator in his ability to read the “buy signs” of his suspect—the body language and other physical reactions that suggest the suspect’s guilt and that he is ready to confess.

By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, Association of American Law Schools

By Richard A. Leo, University of San Francisco – School of Law

By Saul M. Kassin, Steven A. Drizin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Richard A. Leo, Allison D. Redlich; Published online: 29 January 2010, American Psychology-Law Society – Division 41 of the American Psychological Association 2010

Saul M. Kassin, Steven A. Drizin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Richard A. Leo, and Allison D. Redlich; Published online: 15 July 2009, American Psychology-Law Society/Division 41 of the American Psychological Association 2009