Suspect interviews and false confessions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Pearse, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Forensic Navigation Services Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

false confessions; PEACE model; police interviews; Reid technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952084553     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410396824     Document Type: Review

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