False confessions: Causes, consequences, and implications for reform

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-253

  Kassin, Saul M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Confessions; Evidence; Police interrogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449107190     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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