False confessions, expert testimony, and admissibility

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-186

  Watson, Clarence ^a,b,c   Weiss, Kenneth J ^d,e,f   Pouncey, Claire ^d  

^a Delaware Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPERT WITNESS; FANTASY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RECUMBENCY; UNITED STATES;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COERCION; DECEPTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FANTASY; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955911544     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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