Psychology 2032A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Soft Sell, Voyeurism, Arson
26 Mar 2018
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Police investigations: co(cid:374)fessio(cid:374) e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e is a p(cid:396)ose(cid:272)uto(cid:396)"s (cid:862)(cid:373)ost pote(cid:374)t (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)(cid:863) In na, a confession usually must be backed by some evidence: people who confess to a crime are more likely to be prosecuted and convicted than those who do not. How did it happen, why did it happen. In north america, there are generally two goals of a police interrogation: evidence is often collected through interrogations of suspects, obtain a confession, gain information that will further the investigation (ex. The location of evidence: there is concern when coercive techniques are used to obtain confessions due to the power of confessions as evidence. The coercive nature of interrogation: history of coercive measures: Mid-1900s: whipping suspects to get a confession (physically coercive strategies) 1980s: stun guns used by the nypd to extract confessions. More recently: psychological methods such as trickery and deceit (ex.
