Custodial interrogation, false confession and individual differences: A national study among Icelandic youth

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-59

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Asgeirsdottir, Bryndis Bjork ^c   Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Base rates; Confessions; Delinquency; Denials; False confessions; Interrogation; Mental state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646508319     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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