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The psychology of false confessions : forty years of science and practice / by Gisli H. Gudjonsson.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Gudjonsson, Gisli H., author.
Series:: Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing, and law; Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing and law
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Police questioning--Psychological aspects.; Police questioning.; Confession (Law)--Psychological aspects.; Confession (Law).; Criminal psychology.
Physical Description:: xxvi, 522 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2018]
Contents:: Part I The Emerging Science and Practice p. 9; 1 An Era of Enquiry and Development p. 11; My Early Research on Lie Detection p. 13; The Sunday Times Experiment p. 18; British Psychological Society Committees on Lie Detection p. 20; Onward and Upward p. 22; 2 The Impact of Real-Life Cases on Legal Changes, Police Practice, and Science p. 27; The Confait Case p. 28; The Guildford Four p. 31; The Birmingham Six p. 35; The Tottenham Three (Engin Raghip) p. 37; The Case of Judith Ward p. 38; The Cardiff Three (Stephen Miller) p. 39; The PEACE Model of Interviewing p. 45; 3 Interrogative Suggestibility p. 51; The Experimental Approach p. 52; The Individual Differences Approach p. 54; The Gudjonsson and Clark Model p. 59; 4 The Psychology of False Confessions: The Theories p. 63; Definitions of False Confession p. 64; An Early Conceptual Framework p. 64; The Kassin and Wrightsman Threefold Classification p. 66; Critique of the Kassin-Wrightsman Classification p. 68; Key Components That Elicit and Facilitate the Internalization Process p. 73; Memory Distrust Syndrome p. 74; The Five Sequential Steps p. 77; Immediate Versus Delayed Suggestibility p. 81; A Heuristic Model of Internalized False Confessions p. 82; 5 The Development of the Science: The Evidence Base p. 87; Brief Summary of Theoretical Developments p. 88; Landmark Early Studies on Police Interrogation p. 97; False Confessions in Miscarriages of Justice Research p. 99; Rate of Interrogation, Base Rate of Guilt, and False Confessions p. 103; Type of Offence Falsely Confessed To p. 108; Reasons Given for the False Confession p. 110; 'I'd Know a False Confession if I Saw One' p. 113; Risk Factors p. 114; Situational Risk Factors p. 117; Personal Risk Factors p. 124; The Psychological Effects of Interrogation p. 134; Part II The Gudmundur and Geirfinnur Cases p. 139; 6 Icelandic Society in the 1970s p. 141; Brief History and Landscape p. 141; The Constitution and Government p. 144; The Police p. 145; The Courts p. 148; Prisons p. 149; Drug Abuse Problems and Smuggling p. 150; Media Frenzy p. 152; Homicide in Iceland p. 153; 7 The Keflavík Investigation and the First Confession p. 159; The Investigation and Principal Characters p. 160; The Disappearance of Geirfinnur Einarsson p. 162; The Keflavík Investigation Into Geirfinnur's Disappearance p. 163; The First Confession to Geirfinnur's Disappearance p. 170; 8 The Confessions in the Gudmundur Einarsson Case p. 177; The Post and Telecommunication Fraud p. 178; The Disappearance of Gudmundur Einarsson p. 182; The Gudmundur Einarsson Investigation p. 184; The Confessions to Gudmundur Einarsson's Murder p. 186; Thematic Analysis of the Successive Accounts p. 205; The Supreme Court's Version of the Facts in the Gudmundur Einarsson Case p. 208; 9 The Confessions in the Geirfinnur Einarsson Case p. 211; The Prosecution Request for the Keflavík Papers p. 212; Confessions Obtained by the Reykjavík Team p. 217; The Reykjavík Task Force p. 225; Key Task Force Statements p. 229; Gudjón's Arrest and Subsequent Interrogations p. 234; Thematic Analysis of the Successive Accounts p. 238; The Keflavík Slipway Re-enactment p. 240; The Overlap with Gudmundur Agnarsson's 'False' Confession p. 241; The Press Conference: The Official Version of What Happened p. 243; The Convictions p. 247; 10 Misguiding Force p. 253; Karl Schütz's Professional Background p. 254; The Spiegel Investigation p. 254; The Murder of Four Soldiers in Lebach p. 255; The Baader-Meinhof Group p. 256; Appointed to the Case p. 258; Camera Shy p. 260; The Cartoons and Legal Action p. 261; The 'Indian Technique' p. 262; Schütz's Foreword to his Book Kielnstadtmörder: Spur 1081 p. 262; The Dei Spiegel 1979 Article p. 264; Personal Impression of Karl Schütz p. 266; 11 The Return of the Gudmundur and Geirfinnur Cases p. 269; Helga Arnardóttir's Telephone Call and the Diaries p. 269; Meeting With Helga and Kristín p. 271; The Content of the Diaries p. 272; The Filming p. 276; A Call From the Minister of the Interior p. 276; 12 The Findings From the Working Group, Special Prosecutor, and Icelandic Court Cases Review Commission p. 279; The Working Group p. 282; The General Findings of the Working Group p. 287; The Findings From the Psychological Evaluation p. 289; The Testimony in the Reykjavík District Court p. 291; The Findings of the Icelandic Court Cases Review Commission p. 298; Ragnar Adalsteinsson's Letter to the Special Prosecutor p. 325; Part III A Psychological Analysis of the Confessions of the Six Convicted Persons p. 329; 13 Did Saevar Ciesielski Have Undiagnosed ADHD? p. 331; Salient Points p. 331; Saevar's Interrogation p. 332; Retractions p. 333; Karl Schütz's View of Saevar p. 334; Saevar's Speech Before the District Court p. 335; Breidavík p. 335; Breidavík's Public Enquiry p. 337; Yes, Saevar Did Have Undiagnosed ADHD p. 338; Evidence Supportive of ADHD During Childhood and Adolescence p. 340; The Pretrial Psychological/Psychiatric Evaluation p. 344; The Impact of Saevar's ADHD on His Functioning During the Cases p. 345; Was Saevar Coerced to Implicate Innocent People? p. 347; The 'Real-Life' Lie Detector Test p. 349; 14 Erla Bolladóttir - A Vulnerable Young Woman p. 355; Salient Points p. 355; The Relationship with Saevar p. 358; Erla's Interrogation p. 360; Erla's Attempts to Retract Her Confessions p. 364; The Pretrial Psychiatric Evaluation p. 364; Karl Schütz's View of Erla p. 366; Erla's Interview for the Working Group p. 367; Models of Erla's Confessions p. 368; 15 Kristján Vidarsson's Memory Distrust Syndrome and Confession p. 375; Salient Points p. 375; Kristján's Interrogation and Confinement p. 376; Kristján's Mental State in Solitary Confinement p. 377; Retractions p. 378; Karl Schütz's View of Kristján p. 379; The Pretrial Evaluation p. 379; Kristján's Interview for the Working Group p. 380; A Heuristic Model of Kristján's Confession p. 381; 16 Tryggvi Leifsson's Memory Distrust Syndrome and Confession p. 385; Salient Points p. 385; History of False Confession? p. 386; Evidence for Memory Distrust Syndrome p. 387; Tryggvi's interrogation and confession p. 387; Tryggvi's Diaries p. 393; Did Tryggvi Have ADHD? p. 394; A Heuristic Model of Tryggvi's Confession p. 395; An interview with Tryggvi's widow and daughter p. 400; 17 Gudjón Skarphédinsson's Memory Distrust Syndrome and Confession p. 405; Salient Points p. 405; Deterioration in Mental State p. 406; The Arrest and Custody p. 407; Karl Schütz's Perception of Gudjón p. 410; The 'Lie Detection' p. 410; Gudjón's Diary p. 415; A Heuristic Model of Gudjón's Confession p. 420; After Release From Prison p. 422; 18 Albert Skaftason's Memory Distrust Syndrome and Confession p. 425; Salient Points p. 425; Albert's Interrogation p. 427; Memory Enhancement p. 428; Albert's Account of Events, and His Personality p. 429; A Heuristic Model of Albert's Confession p. 432; Science and Practice - The Beginning p. 437; The Development of the Science p. 439; The Gudmundur and Geirfinnur Cases p. 446.
Notes:: Includes index.
ISBN:: 9781119315667; 1119315662; 9781119315674; 1119315670
OCLC:: 1013725413

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