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Police interrogation and American justice / Richard A. Leo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leo, Richard A., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police questioning--United States.
- Police questioning.
- Interviewing in law enforcement--United States.
- Interviewing in law enforcement.
- Criminal investigation--United States.
- Criminal investigation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Read him his rights. We all recognize this line from cop dramas. But what happens afterward? In this book, Leo sheds light on a little-known corner of our criminal justice system--the police interrogation. An important study of the criminal justice system, this book provides interesting answers and raises some unsettling questions.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Police interrogation and the American adversary system
- The third degree
- Professionalizing police interrogation
- The structure and psychology of American police interrogation
- Constructing culpability
- False confessions
- Miscarriages of justice
- Policy directions
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-360) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674265356
- 0674265351
- 9780674033702
- 0674033701
- OCLC:
- 648760558
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