Interrogations & Confessions

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Minimization and maximization techniques: Assessing the perceived consequences of confessing and confession diagnosticity (with Allyson J. Horgan, Christian A. Meissner, and Jacqueline R. Evans), Psychology, Crime, & Law (2011)

Identifying interrogation strategies that minimize the likelihood of obtaining false information, without compromising the ability...

 

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Modeling the influence of investigator bias on the elicitation of true and false confessions (with Fadia M. Narchet and Christian A. Meissner), Law & Human Behavior (2011)

The aim of this study was to model various social and cognitive processes believed to...

 

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Criminal versus HUMINT interrogations: The importance of psychological science to improving interrogative practice. (with Christian A. Meissner, Jacqueline R. Evans, Susan E. Brandon, and Steven M. Kleinman), Journal of Psychiatry & Law (2010)

The discovery of many cases of wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system involving admissions...

 

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The importance of a laboratory science for improving the diagnostic value of confession evidence (with Christian A. Meissner and Fadia M. Narchet), Interrogations and confessions: Current research, practice, and policy recommendations (2010)
 

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The need for a positive psychological approach and collaborative effort for improving practice in the interrogation room (with Christian A. Meissner and Maria Hartwig), Law & Human Behavior (2010)

The White Paper suggests important reforms that will reduce the likelihood of false confessions resulting...

 

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Investigating true and false confessions within a novel experimental paradigm, Psychological Science (2005)

The primary goal of the current study was to develop a novel experimental paradigm with...

 

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The psychology of interrogations and false confessions: Research and recommendations, Canadian Journal of Police & Security Services (2003)

Instances of wrongful conviction in North America and Great Britain have uncovered numerous cases in...