The need for a positive psychological approach and collaborative effort for improving practice in the interrogation room

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-45

  Meissner, Christian A ^a   Hartwig, Maria ^b   Russano, Melissa B ^c  

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

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

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confessions; Deception detection; Interrogation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CRIME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

COERCION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIE DETECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77949267076     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9205-9     Document Type: Article

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