PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fundamental Attribution Error, Polygraph, Reid Technique
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Police strength the number of police officers per 100,000 people in a given area. The available evidence indicates that a confession is extremely difficult for jurors to discount or ignore, even if that confession is false, coerced, or even when there is little corroborating evidence. Common law confession rule the rule a judge uses to determine the voluntariness of a confession and its admissibility as evidence. The rights of suspects and legal safeguards to protecting these rights. Right to silence in canada, upon arrest, a suspect must be informed of his or her right to remain silent when questioned by the police. Right to legal counsel in canada, upon arrest, a suspect must be informed of his or her legal right to retain and instruct a lawyer without delay. Rights the legal rights a suspect has when being interviewed by the police: these legal rights differ from country to country.