The Social Psychology of False Confessions: Compliance, Internalization, and Confabulation

Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Kassin, Saul M ^a   Kiechel, Katherine L ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0346504440     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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