This book brings together a group of renowned scholars and practitioners in the fields of social psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, criminology, clinical-forensic psychology, and law to examine: interrogation tactics and the problem of false confessions; review of Supreme Court decisions regarding Miranda warnings and custodial interrogations; and new research on juvenile confessions and deception in interrogative interviews.
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Police Interrogations and False Confessions-An Overview
-G. Daniel Lassiter, Christian A. Meissner, Lezlee J. Ware, Jessica L. Marcon, and Kim D. Lassiter
The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confession and Wrongful Conviction
-Richard A. Leo and Steven A. Drizin
The Psychology of False Confessions: A Review of the Current Evidence
-Gisli H. Gudjonsson
False Confessions, False Guilty Pleas: Similarities and Differences
-Allison D. Redlich
Custodial Interrogation of Juveniles: Results of a National Survey of Police
-N. Dickon Reppucci, Jessica Meyer, and Jessica Kostelnik
Four Studies of What Really Happens in Police Interviews
-Ray Bull and Stavroula Soukara
Lie Detection: Pitfalls and Opportunities
-Aldert Vrij, Ronald P. Fisher, Samantha Mann, and Sharon Leal
The Importance of a Laboratory Science for Improving the Diagnostic Value of Confession Evidence
-Christian A. Meissner, Melissa B. Russano, and Fadia M. Narchet
The Wisdom of Custodial Recording
-Thomas P. Sullivan
Videotaping Custodial Interrogations: Toward a Scientifically Based Policy
-G. Daniel Lassiter, Lezlee J. Ware, Matthew J. Lindberg, and Jennifer J. Ratcliff
The Supreme Court on Miranda Rights and Interrogations: The Past, the Present, and the Future
-Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Oral Miranda Warnings: A Checklist and a Model Presentation
-Gregory DeClue
Evaluations of Competency to Waive Miranda Rights and Coerced or False Confessions: Common Pitfalls in Expert Testimony
-I. Bruce Frumkin
Tales From the Front: Expert Testimony on the Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions Revisited
-Solomon M. Fulero
Conclusion: What Have We Learned? Implications for Practice, Policy, and Future Research
-Christian A. Meissner and G. Daniel Lassiter
Afterword: Deconstructing Confessions-The State of the Literature
-Saul M. Kassin
Index
About the Editors
