| Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Lassiter, G. Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306484706 ISBN-13: 9780306484704 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Subtle but nonetheless coercive influences exist in our system of criminal justice. The purpose of this edited volume is to help expose these largely unrecognized forms of psychological manipulation that undermine the integrity of American jurisprudence. The chapters are authored by psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars who have contributed significantly to our understanding of the pressures that insidiously operate when the goal of law enforcement is to elicit self-incriminating behavior from suspected criminals. Contrary to what the police and the general public generally believe, it is now clear that standard techniques of interrogation can cause innocent people to falsely confess. Many of the wrongful convictions that have recently been brought to light, primarily as a result of DNA testing, establish conclusively that unreliable confession evidence is a serious problem that must be solved if further miscarriages of justice are to be prevented. What are the various forms of psychological coercion? When and to whom is it applied? What effect does it have on the truly innocent suspect? To what extent is this nonassaultive form of coercion detected by trial fact finders? What are some ways in which such coercion can be minimized during interrogations or in other contexts in which law enforcement is seeking to obtain self-incriminating evidence from suspected criminals? These are some of the important questions posed by the authors, and at least in some instances, partial or preliminary answers are provided. It is hoped that this volume will serve as a clarion call for further investigation directed at both exposing the variety of ways in which coercive influences canadversely affect criminal justice and generating research-based solutions for minimizing such effects. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Forensic Science - Psychology | Clinical Psychology |
| Dewey: 363.254 |
| LCCN: 2004044176 |
| Series: Perspectives in Law & Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.02" W x 9.24" (1.18 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: - Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior - Chapters are authored by a diverse group psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars who have contributed significantly to the collective understanding of the pressures that insidiously operate when the goal of law enforcement is to elicit self-incriminating behavior from suspected criminals - Reviews and analyzes the extant literature in this area as well as discussing how this knowledge can be used to help bring about needed changes in the legal system |