Interrogative suggestibility, compliance and false confessions among prisoners and their relationship with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1037-1044

  Gudjonsson, G H ^a   Sigurdsson, J F ^b   Bragason, O O ^c   Newton, A K ^d   Einarsson, E ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c Office of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police   (Iceland)

^d Prison and Probation Administration   (Iceland)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADHD; Compliance; False confessions; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRISONER; REMISSION; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUGGESTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 44449174046     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708002882     Document Type: Article

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