PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Whitechapel Murders, Serial Crime, Crime Classification Manual
29 Jan 2013
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A confession that results from suggestive interrogation techniques, whereby the confessor actually comes to believe he or she committed the crime. The person starts the interrogation process not believing they have committed the crime, and end up believing that they did. Why: history of substance abuse or other interference with brain function. Inability of people to see difference between what observe and what erroneously suggested to the them: factors associated with mental state (e. g. , anxiety, confusion, or feelings of guilt, some people are just more susceptible to suggestibility. Ingram was detained, hypnotized, provided with graphic crime details, told by a police psychologist that sex offenders typically repress their offenses and urges by the minister of his church to confess . Ingram two older daughters accused him of murder, rape, sadist rituals. He was charged, interrogated for 23 hours. Very suggestive interrogation, ended up confessing, sentenced to 20 years in prison.
