The psychology of interrogations and confessions : a handbook
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Gisli H Gudjonsson
- ناشر : Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2003
- شابک / ISBN : 9780471491361
Description
Interrogations and confessions. Interrogation tactics and techniques -- Interrogation in Britain -- Persons at risk during interviews in police custody : the Royal Commission studies -- The identification and measurement of 'oppressive' police interviewing tactics in Britain / John Pearse and Gisli H. Gudjonsson -- Why do suspects confess? theories -- Why do suspects confess? empirical findings -- Miscarriages of justice and false confessions -- The psychology of false confession : research and theoretical issues -- The psychology of false confession : case examples. Legal and psychological aspects. The English law on confessions -- The American law on confessions -- The psychological assessment -- Suggestibility : historical and theoretical aspects -- Interrogative suggestibility : empirical findings -- The effects of drugs and alcohol upon the reliability of testimony. British Court of Appeal cases. The Court of Appeal -- The 'Guilford four' and the 'Birmingham six' / Gisli H. Gudjonsson and J.A.C. MacKeith -- Psychological vulnerability -- Police impropriety -- Misleading special knowledge. Foreign cases of disputed confessions. Four high profile American cases -- Canadian and Israeli cases -- Murder in Norway : a false belief leading to a false confession.
"The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions is essential reading for clinical and forensic psychologists and others in the legal, psychological and psychiatric professions: Police officers will find many parts of the book directly applicable to their work, as will social workers and probation officers."--BOOK JACKET.
