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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479945203321

Autore

Feld Barry C.

Titolo

Kids, Cops, and Confessions : Inside the Interrogation Room / / Barry C. Feld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-8147-7046-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Youth, Crime, and Justice ; ; 3

Disciplina

363.2540830973

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquents - United States

Police questioning - United States

Juvenile justice, Administration of - United States

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Interrogating Criminal Suspects -- 2. Questioning Juveniles -- 3. To Waive or Not to Waive -- 4. Police Interrogation -- 5. Juveniles Respond to Interrogation -- 6. Justice by Geography -- 7. True and False Confessions -- 8. Policy Reforms -- Appendix 1. Data and Methodology -- Appendix 2. Where the Girls Are -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Juveniles possess less maturity, intelligence, and competence than adults, heightening their vulnerability in the justice system. For this reason, states try juveniles in separate courts and use different sentencing standards than for adults. Yet, when police bring kids in for questioning, they use the same interrogation tactics they use for adults, including trickery, deception, and lying to elicit confessions or to produce incriminating evidence against the defendants. In Kids, Cops, and Confessions, Barry Feld offers the first report of what actually happens when police question juveniles. Drawing on remarkable data, Feld analyzes interrogation tapes and transcripts, police reports, juvenile court filings and sentences, and probation and sentencing reports, describing in rich detail what actually happens in



the interrogation room. Contrasting routine interrogation and false confessions enables police, lawyers, and judges to identify interrogations that require enhanced scrutiny, to adopt policies to protect citizens, and to assure reliability and integrity of the justice system. Feld has produced an invaluable look at how the justice system really works.