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"The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions. A Handbook" by Gisli H. Gudjonsson

Wiley Series in The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law

The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook that demonstrates the crucial relationship between research and practice.

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In Part I, interrogation tactics used by the police in the USA and Britain are reviewed and the reasons why suspects confess to crimes are examined.

In Part II, differences between English and American legal systems are highlighted and the concepts of suggestibility, compliance and acquiescence are discussed in detail, along with the effects of drugs and alcohol.

Twenty-two leading disputed confession cases are presented and evaluated in Part III, showing how high court judges have become more sophisticated in the way they admit and rely on expert psychological and psychiatric testimony.

Part IV provides a detailed discussion of seven high profile cases from outside Britain. They demonstrate how different legal systems approach, view and evaluate disputed confession evidence and expert testimony, providing material of international significance.

Contents

About the Author

Series Preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART I INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS

1. Interrogation Tactics and Techniques

2. Interrogation in Britain

3. Persons at Risk During Interviews in Police Custody: the Royal Commission Studies

4. The Identification and Measurement of ‘Oppressive’ Police Interviewing Tactics in Britain.

5. Why do Suspects Confess? Theories

6. Why do Suspects Confess? Empirical Findings

7. Miscarriages of Justice and False Confessions

8. The Psychology of False Confession: Research and Theoretical Issues

9. The Psychology of False Confession: Case Examples

PART II LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

10. The English Law on Confessions

11. The American Law on Confessions

12. The Psychological Assessment

13. Suggestibility: Historical and Theoretical Aspects

14. Interrogative Suggestibility: Empirical Findings

15. The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol Upon the Reliability of Testimony

PART III BRITISH COURT OF APPEAL CASES

16. The Court of Appeal

17. The ‘Guildford Four’ and the ‘Birmingham Six’

18. Psychological Vulnerability

19. Police Impropriety

20. Misleading Special Knowledge

PART IV FOREIGN CASES OF DISPUTED CONFESSIONS

21. Four High Profile American Cases

22. Canadian and Israeli Cases

23. Murder in Norway: a False Belief Leading to a False Confession

Appendix

References

Author Index

Subject Index

with TOC BookMarkLinks

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