PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Electroshock Weapon, Reid Technique, False Confession

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

False confession: confession that is intentionally fabricated, also not based on actual knowledge or facts can be fully or partially not true. Retracted confessions: claim confession is false at later date. Disputed confessions: legal technicality occurs, claims confession was never stated. Wrongful convictions dna proves that person is innocent approx. 25% contain false confessions, also hard to determine. Voluntary false confession not influenced by police confess without external pressures. Reasons: protect real offender, fame (notoriety), need to relieve some other guilt, cannot distinguish from fact and fantasy (could be mental ill or disabled) Coerced compliant confession caused by police interrogation, coercive techniques by police pressure suspect into confessing even though the suspect knows they are innocent. Reasons: escape further interrogation, gain a promise for reward (being released) or threatened punishment is removed. Coerced-internalized confession confesses wrongly but then begins to believe they committed the crime create false (fabricated memories) highly suggestive interviews by police.