Police interrogations and false confessions : current research, practice, and policy recommendations

Author(s)

• Lassiter, G. Daniel
• Meissner, Christian A.
• American Psychological Association

Bibliographic Information

Police interrogations and false confessions : current research, practice, and policy recommendations

[edited by] G. Daniel Lassiter and Christian A. Meissner

（Decade of behavior）

American Psychological Association, c2010

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book brings together a group of renowned scholars and practitioners in the fields of social psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, criminology, clinical-forensic psychology, and law to examine: interrogation tactics and the problem of false confessions; review of Supreme Court decisions regarding Miranda warnings and custodial interrogations; and new research on juvenile confessions and deception in interrogative interviews.

Table of Contents

Contributors Foreword Preface Introduction: Police Interrogations and False Confessions-An Overview -G. Daniel Lassiter, Christian A. Meissner, Lezlee J. Ware, Jessica L. Marcon, and Kim D. Lassiter The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confession and Wrongful Conviction -Richard A. Leo and Steven A. Drizin The Psychology of False Confessions: A Review of the Current Evidence -Gisli H. Gudjonsson False Confessions, False Guilty Pleas: Similarities and Differences -Allison D. Redlich Custodial Interrogation of Juveniles: Results of a National Survey of Police -N. Dickon Reppucci, Jessica Meyer, and Jessica Kostelnik Four Studies of What Really Happens in Police Interviews -Ray Bull and Stavroula Soukara Lie Detection: Pitfalls and Opportunities -Aldert Vrij, Ronald P. Fisher, Samantha Mann, and Sharon Leal The Importance of a Laboratory Science for Improving the Diagnostic Value of Confession Evidence -Christian A. Meissner, Melissa B. Russano, and Fadia M. Narchet The Wisdom of Custodial Recording -Thomas P. Sullivan Videotaping Custodial Interrogations: Toward a Scientifically Based Policy -G. Daniel Lassiter, Lezlee J. Ware, Matthew J. Lindberg, and Jennifer J. Ratcliff The Supreme Court on Miranda Rights and Interrogations: The Past, the Present, and the Future -Lawrence S. Wrightsman Oral Miranda Warnings: A Checklist and a Model Presentation -Gregory DeClue Evaluations of Competency to Waive Miranda Rights and Coerced or False Confessions: Common Pitfalls in Expert Testimony -I. Bruce Frumkin Tales From the Front: Expert Testimony on the Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions Revisited -Solomon M. Fulero Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Research -Christian A. Meissner and G. Daniel Lassiter Afterword: Deconstructing Confessions-The State of the Literature -Saul M. Kassin Index About the Editors

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Details

• NCID: BB03778335
• ISBN:
  • 9781433807435
• LCCN: 2009032819
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, DC
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 249 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV8073.3
  • DC22 : 363.2540973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Police questioning -- United States
  • LCSH : Confession (Law) -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA49929839