PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Confidence Trick, Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error
20 Jun 2012
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Confession by defendant- admission of guilt, is most damaging evidence that can be presented @ trial. Cuz of such impact, courts must be wary about circumstances under which its obtained. In zeal to get admission of guilt, cops may intimidate innocent suspects. Possible roles by considering clients: consultant/employee of cop dept, then might educate cops about possibility of false confessions. If client is lawyer/judiciary, might be expert witness or author of consultation report on how use o coercion/trickery by cops lead to false confessions. Most are negotiated, 20% recanted [suspect made incriminating statement to cop but later states it was false] Some confess cuz desire to escape further interrogation. Or come to believe what cop as told them. May be instigated by desire for publicity/by generalized guilt or reflect some form of psychotic beh. Ccc- suspect confesses even though knowing are innocent.
