Interrogation and false confessions among adolescents: Differences between bullies and victims

Journal of Psychiatry and Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 57-76

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b,c   Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora ^d,e  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bully victims; False confessions; Interrogation; Pure bullies; Pure victims; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EXAMINATION; FALSE CONFESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ICELAND; INTERROGATION; MALE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VICTIM;

EID: 77956364006     PISSN: 00931853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009318531003800104     Document Type: Article

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