How factors present during the immediate interrogation situation produce short-sighted confession decisions.

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-74

  Madon, Stephanie ^a   Yang, Yueran ^a   Smalarz, Laura ^a   Guyll, Max ^a   Scherr, Kyle C ^b  

^a E005A Lagomarcino Hall   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confessions; police interrogation; temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; POLICE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; POLICE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876145132     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000011     Document Type: Article

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