PSYC 3P53 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reid Technique, False Evidence, Confabulation
Document Summary
Problems with criminal profiling and geographic profiling. Intentionally fabricated or : not based on actual knowledge of facts that form content, fully or partially not true. Retracted confessions: claim confession false at later date whether or not it was actually false. Disputed confessions: occur when the admissibility of the confession is disputed in court, legal technicality, claimed never confession never made. Do they actually occur: yes they do occur. Wrongful convictions: ~25% contain false confession. Voluntary false confession: no prompting by police, confesses to a crime they they did not commit by no pressure from the police, reasons, protect real offender, notoriety, need to relieve guilt, cannot distinguish fact from fantasy. Coerced complaint: caused by police interrogation tactics, confessor know they are innocent, reasons, escape interrogation situation, gain promised reward/escape threatened punishment, arguably most common. 1: believe they committed crime, highly suggestive interrogations, reasons, substance abuse, vulnerable mental state (anxious, confused, etc. , highly suggestible questions.
