Police interviewing and interrogation: A self-report survey of police practices and beliefs

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-400

  Kassin, Saul M ^a,g   Leo, Richard A ^b   Meissner, Christian A ^c   Richman, Kimberly D ^b   Colwell, Lori H ^d   Leach, Amy May ^e   Fon, Dana La ^f  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^g JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confessions; Interrogations; Interviews; Police

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547793706     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9073-5     Document Type: Article

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