Videotaped interrogations and confessions: What's obvious in hindsight may not be in foresight

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-42

  Daniel Lassiter, G ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False confessions; Hindsight bias; Videotaped interrogations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; VIDEORECORDING;

CRIME; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77949270745     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9202-z     Document Type: Article

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