| Confessions |
| Overview |
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Kassin (2015). The social psychology of false confessions. Social Issues and Policy Review. |
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Kassin (2012). Why confessions trump innocence. American Psychologist. (for a reprint, email skassin@williams.edu). |
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Kassin, Drizin, Grisso, Gudjonsson, Leo, & Redlich (2010).
Police-induced confessions: Risk factors and recommendations. Law and
Human Behavior. [This is an official White Paper of the American
Psychology–Law Society) |
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Kassin (2008). The psychology of confessions. Annual Review of Law and Social Science. |
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Kassin (2007). Expert testimony on the psychology of confessions: A pyramidal model of the relevant science. In Borgida & Fiske’s Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom. |
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Kassin (2005). On the
psychology of confessions: Does innocence
put innocents at risk? American
Psychologist. (for a reprint, email skassin@williams.edu). |
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Kassin & Gudjonsson (2005). True
Crimes, False confessions: Why do innocent
people confess to crimes they did not
commit? Scientific American Mind (for
a reprint, email skassin@williams.edu). |
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Kassin & Gudjonsson
(2004). The psychology
of confession evidence: A review
of the literature and issues. Psychological
Science in the Public Interest. |
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Kassin
(1997). The psychology of confession evidence. American
Psychologist. (for a reprint,
email skassin@williams.edu). |
| False
confession blogs I recommend |
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The Truth about false confessions
– Alan Hirsch |
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Bluhm Blog, on false
confessions – Steven Drizin |
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FalseConfessions.org – Lonnie Soury
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| A lecture I recommend |
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Law professor James Duane on why people should never waive their Miranda rights |
| Confessions
Experts |
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There are many competent
experts on
police interrogations
and confessions,
all with a J.D. and /
or Ph.D., research publications,
and courtroom
experience - and all
of whom I recommend.
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| Background
Materials |
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John Reid and Associates. Position paper on interviewing and interrogation |
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American Psychological Association. Amicus Curiae briefs on false confessions |
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Cutler et al. (2014). Expert testimony on interrogation and false confession. – UMKC Law Review |
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Thomas Sullivan (2012). “A compendium of law relating to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations – Judicature |
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Brandon Garrett (2010). “The substance of false confessions” – Stanford Law Review |
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Lassiter & Meissner (2010). Police interrogations and confessions: Current research, practice, and policy recommendations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. |
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Leo (2008). Police interrogation and American Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. |
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Vrij (2008). Detecting lies and deceipt: Pittfalls and opportunities. Chicester, UK: Wiley. |
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The Justice Project (2007). Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations: A Policy Review. |
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Kageleiry (2007). Psychological police interrogation methods: Pseudoscience in the interrogation room obscures justice in the courtroom. Military Law Review. |
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Williamson (2006). Investigative
interviewing: Rights,
research, regulation. Devon,
UK: Willan Publishing. |
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Granhag & Strömwall
(2004). Deception
detection in forensic contexts. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. |
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Gudjonsson
(2003). The Psychology
of interrogations and confessions:
A handbook. London: Wiley. |
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Wrightsman & Kassin
(1993). Confessions in the courtroom. Newbury Park,
CA: Sage. |
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Lassiter, G.
D. (Ed.) (2004). Interrogations,
confessions, and entrapment. NY:
Kluwer Academic. |
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Drizin & Leo
(2004). The problem of false confessions in the post-DNA world. North
Carolina Law Review. |
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Inbau,
Reid, Buckley, & Jayne (2001). Criminal
interrogation and confessions (4th
ed.). |
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Vrij (2000). Detecting Lies and
Deceit; The Psychology of Lying and
the Implications for Professional
Practice. |
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Leo & Thomas (1998). The Miranda
Debate: Law, Justice, and Policing. |
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Sullivan (2004). Police experiences
with electronic recording of custodial
interrogations. Northwestern
University
School of
Law, Center for Wrongful Convictions. |
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The Innocence Project (Many
DNA cases involve false confessions.) |
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Centurion Ministries (Many
cases of
imprisoned
innocents
involve false confessions) |
| In The Media |
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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt - "Justice for All": Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes (9/5/2019) |
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New Documentary from Denmark: False Confessions (2018) |
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CBS 48 Hours (2016). The Fight for Melissa |
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Elbein (2014). When Employees Confess, Sometimes Falsely – The New York Times |
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Starr (2013). The Interview – The New Yorker |
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National Public Radio (2013). Beyond Good Cop/Bad Cop: A Look At Real-Life Interrogations |
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Bookman (2013). The Confessions of Innocent Men - The Atlantic |
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The Central Park Five (2012). Release of the new Ken Burns film, 11/23/2012 |
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CBS 60 Minutes (2012). Chicago: The False Confession Capital, 12/8/12 |
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Herbert (2012). Law and disorder: The psychology of false confessions – Huffington Post |
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Martin (2011). The prosecution’s case against DNA – The New York Times |
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Kolker (2010). I did it: Why people confess to crimes they did not commit – New York Magazine |
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Herbert, I. (2009). The psychology and power of false confessions – APS Observer |
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Kassin (2002). False confessions and the jogger case – The New York Times |
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