Self-reported false confessions and false guilty pleas among offenders with mental illness

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-90

  Redlich, Allison D ^a   Summers, Alicia ^b   Hoover, Steven ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

False confessions; False guilty pleas; Offender with mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; GUILT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949272237     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-009-9194-8     Document Type: Article

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