This study aims to provide criminal psychologists, police officers and legal advocates with a survey of various aspects of forensic psychology. It examines police interrogation methods, the processes by which confessions are elicited, interrogative suggestibility, memory retrieval and more.
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The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony by Gisli H. Gudjonsson, CBE
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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 Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six; disputed confessions - the psychological assessment.
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GOR003956728
9780471926634
0471926639
The Psychology of Interrogations, Confessions and Testimony by Gisli H. Gudjonsson, CBE
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