PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Full Confession, Miranda Warning, Reid Technique
21 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2 interrogations and confessions area (199 in 2012). Media pressure - often leveled at police for failing to solve serious crimes or failing to solve them quickly enough. The police spend a great deal of their investigation speaking to witnesses and suspects. Canadian police strength calculated as the number of police officers per 100 000 people in a giving suspect the goal of the questioning is to elicit a confession. King and snook 44 tape-recorded interrogations (atlantic canada) 27% full confession; 23% partial admission of guilt. In the us, able to elicit self-incriminating statements from 68% of the suspects they interrogate. 39-48% of suspects make full confessions when interrogated by police; 13-16% make demaging. Police prefer confessions to other types of evidence: Saves time because suspects who confess usually plead guilty and the trial is usually avoided. statements or partial confessions.
