What really happens in police interviews of suspects? Tactics and confessions

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 493-506

  Soukara, S ^a   Bull, R ^b   Vrij, A ^c   Turner, M ^c   Cherryman, J ^c  

^a Athens Metropolitan College   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confessions; Interrogations; Interviewing; Police; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 74749103770     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802201827     Document Type: Article

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