The psychology of interrogations and confessions : a handbook / / Gisli H Gudjonsson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145735703321
• Autore: Gudjonsson Gisli H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, : Wiley, c2003
• ISBN: 1-280-27082-9; 0-470-85794-3; 9786610270828; 0-470-71329-1; 0-470-45078-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (706 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing, and law
• Disciplina: 363.254
• Soggetti: Police questioning - Psychological aspects; Confession (Law) - Psychological aspects; Confession (Law) - Great Britain; Confession (Law) - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-662) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions; Contents; About the Author; Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS; 1. Interrogation Tactics and Techniques; Police Training Manuals; The Reid Technique; The Format and Recording of the Confession; The Context of the Interrogation; American Research on Interrogation; How Things Can Go Wrong During Interrogation; Conclusions; 2. Interrogation in Britain; Irving's Studies; Softley's Study; Walsh's Study; Research at the University of Kent; Baldwin's Study; British Training Manuals; Conclusions3. Persons at Risk During Interviews in Police Custody: the Royal Commission Studies; The 1993 Royal Commission Study by Gudjonsson and Colleagues; Who Confesses?; Detainees' Legal Rights; General Conclusions; 4. The Identification and Measurement of 'Oppressive' Police Interviewing Tactics in Britain; Background to the Research; The Cases Analysed; Methodology; Interview Tactics; Suspects' Responses; Methodological Issues; Statistical Procedures; ; Application of the Framework to Individual Cases; The Heron Murder Case; The Miller Murder Case; Court Outcome; Conclusions; 5. Why do Suspects Confess? TheoriesFactors Inhibiting Confession; Theoretical Models of Confession; Conclusions; 6. Why do Suspects Confess? Empirical Findings; How Important are Confessions?; How Commonly do Suspects Confess?; Factors Associated with Admissions and Denials; Self-Report Studies into Why Suspects Confess; Conclusions; 7. Miscarriages of Justice and False Confessions; Miscarriages of Justice; Studies of Miscarriages of Justice; The Leo-Ofshe Study; Some Notorious British Cases; Conclusions; 8. The Psychology of False Confession: Research and Theoretical Issues; Definitions of False ConfessionThe Frequency of False Confessions; False, Retracted and Disputed Confessions; The Innocent Pleading Guilty; The Broader Context of False Confessions; The Causes of False Confessions; Theoretical Implications of the Different Types of False Confession; The Ofshe-Leo Model of Confessions; Differences between True and False Confessions; A Proposed Modified Framework; Recovered Memory and False Confession; Conclusions; 9. The Psychology of False Confession: Case Examples; Voluntary False Confessions; Pressured-Compliant False Confessions; Pressured-Internalized False ConfessionsConclusions; PART II LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; 10. The English Law on Confessions; The Admissibility and Reliability of Confession Evidence; The Voire Dire; Issues Affecting Vulnerable Defendants; The Admissibility of Expert Evidence; Conclusions; 11. The American Law on Confessions; The Basic Law of Confessions; Voluntariness and Mentally Vulnerable Suspects; Challenging a Confession in Court; Differences between English and American Law and Practice; Conclusions; 12. The Psychological Assessment; The Assessment Framework; Psychological Vulnerabilities
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume, a sequel to The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony which is widely acclaimed by both scientists and practitioners, brings the field completely up-to-date and focuses in particular on aspects of vulnerability, confabulation and false confessions. The is an unrivalled integration of scientific knowledge of the psychological processes and research relating to interrogation, with the practical investigative and legal issues that bear upon obtaining, and using in court, evidence from interrogations of suspects. * Accessible style which will a