Research
- The Psychology of False Confessions
Article by Richard Conti, Boise State University.
Click here - Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff, and False Confessions
Jennifer T. Perillo • Saul M. Kassin August 24, 2010 Law and Human Behavior (published online)
Click here - 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
Click here - 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.
Click here - 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
Click here - 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.
Click here - Criminal Law Resources: False Confessions LLRX
This site has links to a wide variety of research papers, articles and resources on false confessions.
Click here - 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
Click here - Law & Psychiatry: Mental Illness, Police Interrogations, and the Potential for False Confession
Psychiatric Services, by Allison Redlich, Ph.D. January 2004
Click here - True Stories of False Confessions
Book by Steve Drizin
Click here - Police Interrogations and Confessions
Published by Saul Kassin, Professor of Psychology, Williams College
Click here - Creating False Memories
Article by Elizabeth F. Loftus, University Of Washington,Seattle, Washington 98195, published in Scientific American, September 1997, Vol 277 #3, Pages 70-75
Click here - False Confessions: Annotated Clinical Research
By Joe Wheeler Dixon, PhD, JD
Click here - How to Get a False Confession in Ten Easy Steps
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.
Click here - The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-Dna World
By Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo, Association of American Law Schools
Click here - Social Science Research Network: False Confession Papers
By Richard A. Leo, University of San Francisco - School of Law
Click here - Police-Induced Confessions, Risk Factors, and Recommendations: Looking Ahead
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
Click here - Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations
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
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