The past two decades of research on interrogation were spurred, in large part, by the specter
of false confessions and the resulting miscarriages of justice. More recently, interest in the …

Fifteen years have elapsed since a report was released by the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) on the scientific status of polygraph testing. The NAS report concluded that …

False confessions are a contributing factor in almost 30% of DNA exonerations in the United
States. Similar problems have been documented all over the world. We present a novel …

Eighty-seven experts on the psychology of confessions—many of whom were highly
published, many with courtroom experience—were surveyed online about their opinions on …

Inspired by DNA exoneration cases and other wrongful convictions of innocent people who
had confessed to crimes they did not commit, and drawing from basic principles of social …

Objective: This study examined incarcerated persons' self-reported interrogation
experiences and confession decision-making by investigating which sociodemographic …

In recent years, DNA exoneration cases have shed light on the problem of false confessions
and the wrongful convictions that result. Drawing on basic psychological principles and …

Recent controversies over the use of psychologically manipulative interrogation methods by
US law enforcement, and public concerns regarding the use of physically coercive …

Purpose Suspects are central participants of a police interview and can provide crucial
information on the interview interactions with the interviewers. This study examined how the …

Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, those cases must be
rare? In fact, it happens all the time—in police stations, workplaces, public schools, and the …