| Confessions |
| Overview |
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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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| 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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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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APA Press Release: APA files an amicus brief on false confessions, 12/2/08 |
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False confessions in the Beatrice 6 Case, Omaha.com, 11/29/08 |
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Follow developments in the Barry Beach case, in Montana |
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Follow
developments in the Marty Tankleff
case. |
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Judicial Reports article on the status of confession experts in New York, February 20, 2008. |
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Confessions
expert testimony passes the
Frye test in Nassau County,
NY. Newsday.com, Sept 15,
2005. |
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Media accounts and commentaries
on many false confession
cases, as compiled
by the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern
Univ. Law School. |
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Steven A. Drizin's study of juvenile
and false confessions
in Illinois. |
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Kassin, "Videotape police interrogations," Boston
Globe, 4/26/04. |
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Kassin, "False confessions and the
jogger case," New York Times, 11/1/02. |
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Saulny, "Why confess to what you
didn't do?", New York Times, 12/8/02.
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