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Author Kassin, Saul M., author.

Title Duped : why innocent people confess--and why we believe their confessions / Saul Kassin.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2022]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.254 KASSIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.254 KASSIN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.25 KASSIN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  363.254 KASSIN    Check Shelf
Description xv, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-386) and index.
Contents The Problem in a Nutshell -- "Off-the-Books" False Confessions -- "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!": Police as Human Lie Detectors -- Psychological Interrogation: Getting Inside your Head -- Hollywood Confessions: Lights, Action, Camera -- Forensic Confirmation Bias: How Confessions Corrupt Witnesses and CSI Experts -- Why False Confessors Plead Guilty--Over and Over Again -- Confessions at Trial: Why Little Else Matters to the Judge and Jury -- Confession Blindness: Why Does the Stigma Persist? -- Your Right to Remain Silent: Safeguard or Trap? -- Proposed Reforms to Policy and Practice.
Summary "This conclusive and comprehensive book reveals the psychology behind why innocent men and women, intensely stressed and befuddled by the promises, threats, trickery, and deception of a police interrogation, are duped into confession, no matter how horrific the crime. Featuring riveting case studies, highly original research, work done in tandem with the Innocence Project, and quotes from individuals who confessed to crimes they did not commit, Duped tells the story of how this happens, how the system turns a blind eye, and how to make it stop."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Police questioning -- Psychological aspects.
Confession (Law) -- Psychological aspects.
Innocence (Psychology)
False arrest.
Judicial error.
Criminal psychology.
Other Form: Online version: Kassin, Saul M. Duped Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2022] 9781633888098 (DLC) 2021038836
ISBN 9781633888081 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1633888088 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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