PSYC 2400 Study Guide - False Confession, Reid Technique, Confirmation Bias
19 Feb 2014
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Large number of criminal cases are solved by confessions. Confessions are a prosecutor"s most potent weapon (kassin, 1997, p. 221) Confessions carry a lot of weight in the criminal justice system: very influential. Police interrogation: a process whereby the police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession. Brown v. mississippi (1936)- first case changing the rule that it was okay to use torture, everyone confessed through torture but the judge said confessions weren"t admissible because of how they were obtained. For a confession to be admissible in canada . Individual must: be competent understand charter rights not to speak to police if they choose have right to speak to lawyer. Involves 3 stages: gather evidence, conduct a non-accusatorial interview to assess guilt (detecting deception) Non-accusatorial stage is where the police officers determine if they think the person is guilty: conduct an accusatorial interrogation to obtain a confession (9 step procedure)
