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Police-induced confessions: Risks and recommendations
In their Law and Human Behavior article, Kassin et al. expand on previous research concerning false confessions.
Bias in the Justice and Legal Systems
Law and Human Behavior's special issue features innovative science and clinical perspectives on bias in the justice and legal systems.
Temporal Discounting: The Differential Effect of Proximal and Distal Consequences on Confession Decisions [PDF]
Drawing on the psychological principle that proximal consequences influence behavior more strongly than distal consequences, the authors tested the hypothesis that criminal suspects exhibit a shortsightedness during police interrogation that increases their risk for confession.
