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Silence and Confessions S. Easton

Silence and Confessions By S. Easton

Silence and Confessions by S. Easton


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This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation.

Silence and Confessions Summary

Silence and Confessions: The Suspect as the Source of Evidence by S. Easton

This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation.

About S. Easton

Susan Easton is Reader in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre at Brunel Law School, UK. She is also a barrister, editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law and the author of Prisoners' Rights: Principles and Practice.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Debate on the Right to Silence 3. The Impact of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1984 4. The Influence of International Human Rights Standards on the Treatment of the Suspect 5. The Legal Framework of Interrogation 6. False Confessions 7. Suspects and 'Suspect Communities' 8. The Body as Evidence 9. Conclusion

Additional information

NLS9781349462391
9781349462391
134946239X
Silence and Confessions: The Suspect as the Source of Evidence by S. Easton
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-01-01
274
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