WK 8 False confessions

voluntary, coerced-compliant, coerced-internalized

ringing police and telling them you did it- often motivated by wanting to seek attention or fame

confessed but don’t believe they did it- responding to stress and pressure from police, protecting someone else

confessed and believe they did it- responding to stress and pressure from police, false memories, innocent and vulnerable

behaviour analysis interview and guilt presumptive interrogation

interviewing to see if they are guilty through body language

create anxiety and desire to escape through isolation and confrontation

denial is futile and detrimental- bad cop

interrogator downplays crime and offers a way out- good cop

making up false memories

agreeing and going with it

information is assimilated into the self and adopted as one’s own

complex investigation phased engagement model

planning and preparation, engage and explain, account, probe, challenge, closure, evaluation