Temporal discounting: The differential effect of proximal and distal consequences on confession decisions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-20

  Madon, Stephanie ^a   Guyll, Max ^a   Scherr, Kyle C ^a   Greathouse, Sarah ^a   Wells, Gary L ^a  

^a E005A Lagomarcino Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal confessions; police interrogation; temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IOWA; MALE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84865598505     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093962     Document Type: Article

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