The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony - Wiley, 1998 - 362

Essential reading for all those involved in the investigation of criminal allegations and trying defendants in court. Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Interviewing: Basic Principles and Theory, Interrogation Tactics and Techniques, Why Do Suspects Confess?, The Role of Perception and Memory in Witness Testimony, Suggestibility: Historical and Theoretical Aspects, Interrogative Suggestibility: Empirical Findings, Psychological Techniques for Enhancing Memory Retrieval, Psychological Techniques for Evaluating Testimony and Documents, The Psychology of False Confession: Research and Theoretical Issues, The Psychology of False Confession: Case Examples, The Guiltford Four and the Birmingham Six, Legal Aspects of Disputed Confessions, Disputed Confessions: The Psychological Assessment, Summary and Conclusions, Bibliography, Index.

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