How the police generate false confessions : an inside look at the interrogation room /

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Despite the rising number of confirmed false confession cases, most people have a hard time grasping why someone would confess to a crime they did not commit, or even why a guilty person would admit to something that could put them in jail for life. How the Police Generate False Confessions takes yo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trainum, James L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
Temas:
Constitution (United States)
Police questioning > United States.
Confession (Law) > United States.
Self-incrimination > United States.
Interrogatoire policier > États-Unis.
Confession (Droit) > États-Unis.
Auto-incrimination > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Confession (Law)
Police questioning
Self-incrimination
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History
  • Do we even have a problem?
  • Types of confessions and statements
  • Taking the first steps
  • Good police work or coercion?
  • Contamination
  • Statement evaluation
  • Witnesses
  • Cooperators and informants
  • Plea bargaining
  • Is there a better way?
  • Safeguards and reform
  • What lies in store for the future?

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