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- The constitutionally-permitted technique of seeking to prompt a confession by providing false incriminating evidence (g., “we have video showing you near the scene”) increases the risk of false confessions and at the least can alter a person’s memory of the event.
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Jun 7, 2021 · A false confession is a statement given by a person that incriminates them in a crime they did not commit. Scientists who study this phenomenon group false confessions into three general categories: (1) voluntary; (2) coerced-compliant, and (3) coerced-internalized.
Oct 1, 2014 · The problem of false confessions emphasizes personal and situational factors that put innocent people at risk in the interrogation room. Turning from the causes of false confessions to their consequences, research shows that confession evidence can bias juries, judges, lay witnesses, and forensic examiners.
- Saul M. Kassin
- 2014
Apr 6, 2018 · Without an attorney a suspect faces interrogation alone, unprepared, and most vulnerable to psychological pressure. Who makes false confessions varies depending on personality, culture, mental state, sobriety, and/or youth. Some do it deliberately to protect others.
Dec 3, 2013 · A confession is a rational decision by someone who chooses to accept responsibility for his or her actions when the guilt of the crime becomes too much to bear. A false confession is something completely different. When someone falsely confesses, it’s not a one-way conversation and it doesn’t take place during an interview with the police.
It’s hard to imagine why an innocent person would confess to a crime they didn’t commit, but research shows that false confessions can take place due to law enforcement’s use of intimidation, force, coercive tactics, isolation during interrogations, deceptive methods that include lying about evidence, and more.
Feb 21, 2011 · False confessions of guilt often include vivid details of how a crime was committed — and why. Confessions sometimes even come with an apology to the family. It’s no wonder jurors have trouble discounting them. What confessions rarely include is an explanation of why the person confessed.
Episode 49. It defies intuition to think innocent people would confess to a crime they did not commit. But, research has shown that everyone has a breaking point. In this episode, Saul Kassin, PhD, talks about the psychology behind false confessions and how law enforcement officials and legislators can take steps to prevent them.
