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Taking responsibility for an act not committed: the influence of age and suggestibility.
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Results showed that younger and more suggestible Participants were more likely than older and less suggestible participants to falsely take responsibility, and Implications of these findings for juvenile justice are discussed.Abstract:
Inherent in false confessions is a person taking responsibility for an act he or she did not commit. The risk of taking such responsibility may be elevated in juveniles. To study possible factors that influence individuals' likelihood for taking responsibility for something they did not do, participants in a laboratory experiment were led to believe they crashed a computer when in fact they had not. Participants from 3 age groups were tested: 12- and 13-year-olds, 15- and 16-year-olds, and young adults. Half of the participants in each age group were presented with false evidence indicating liability. Additionally, suggestibility was investigated as a potential individual-difference factor affecting vulnerability to admissions of guilt. Results showed that younger and more suggestible participants were more likely than older and less suggestible participants to falsely take responsibility. Implications of these findings for juvenile justice are discussed.read more
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The Psychology of Confessions A Review of the Literature and Issues
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Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations
Saul M. Kassin,Steven A. Drizin,Thomas Grisso,Gisli H. Gudjonsson,Richard A. Leo,Allison D. Redlich +5 more
TL;DR: This article concludes with a strong recommendation for the mandatory electronic recording of interrogations and considers other possibilities for the reform of interrogation practices and the protection of vulnerable suspect populations.
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Police-induced confessions: risk factors and recommendations.
Saul M. Kassin,Steven A. Drizin,Thomas Grisso,Gisli H. Gudjonsson,Richard A. Leo,Allison D. Redlich +5 more
TL;DR: A review of police-induced confessions can be found in this paper, where the authors identify suspect characteristics (e.g., adolescence, intellectual disability, mental illness, and certain personality traits) and interrogation tactics (i.e., excessive interrogation time, presentations of false evidence, and minimization) that influence confessions as well as their effects on judges and juries.
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On the psychology of confessions: does innocence put innocents at risk?
TL;DR: It appears that innocence puts innocents at risk, that consideration should be given to reforming current practices, and that a policy of videotaping interrogations is a necessary means of protection.
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Investigating True and False Confessions Within a Novel Experimental Paradigm
TL;DR: Results indicated that guilty persons were more likely to confess than innocent persons, and that the use of minimization and the offer of a deal increased the rate of both true and false confessions.
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TL;DR: The Moral Judgment of the Child by Jean Piaget as mentioned in this paper chronicles the evolution of children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -or fail to learn -the difference between right and wrong.
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TL;DR: The Dilema of Obedience as discussed by the authors is a fundamental element in the structure of social life and obedience is as basic an element in social life as one can point to, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond through defiance or submission to the commands of others.
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The Moral Judgment of the Child.
TL;DR: For example, piaget, kohlberg, gilligan, and others as mentioned in this paper studied the role of role taking to the development of moral elements affecting children's moral judgment of lying.