The role of personality in relation to confessions and denials

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Einarsson, Emil ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antisocial Personality Traits; Confessions; Delinquency; Denials; False Confessions; Interrogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642563863     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160310001634296     Document Type: Article

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