The psychology of interrogations, confessions, and testimony / Gisli H. Gudjonsson
Chichester, West Sussex, England ; New York : Wiley, 1992. Near fine colour-printed boards copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443781
ISBN: 0471926639
Physical description: xii, 362 pages ; 25 cm. Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Interviewing: Basic Principles and Theory -- 3. Interrogation Tactics and Techniques -- 4. Why Do Suspects Confess? -- 5. The Role of Perception and Memory in Witness Testimony -- 6. Suggestibility: Historical and Theoretical Aspects -- 7. Interrogative Suggestibility: Empirical Findings -- 8. Psychological Techniques for Enhancing Memory Retrieval -- 9. Psychological Techniques for Evaluating Testimony and Documents -- 10. The Psychology of False Confession: Research and Theoretical Issues -- 11. The Psychology of False Confession: Case Examples -- 12. The Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six / G.H. Gudjonsson and J.A.C. MacKeith -- 13. Legal Aspects of Disputed Confessions -- 14. Disputed Confessions: the Psychological Assessment -- 15. Summary and Conclusions. Subjects: Police questioning Psychological aspects. Confession (Law) Psychological aspects. Confession (Law) Great Britain. Criminal psychology.
Price: €14.95