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Confession Reliability

Confession Reliability is a construct in forensic psychology that refers to the extent to which a confession accurately reflects the confessor's actual involvement in a crime, distinguishing it from related constructs such as voluntariness or credibility by focusing specifically on the truth-value correspondence between the confession content and objective facts.

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2017–2026

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Publications

20

Custodial interrogation: Why do suspects confess and how does it relate to their crime, attitude and personality?

Gisli H. Gudjónsson, Hannes Pétursson · Personality and Individual Differences · 1991 · 102 citations

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Custodial interrogation, false confession and individual differences: A national study among Icelandic youth

Gisli H. Gudjónsson, Jón Friðrik Sigurðsson, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir et al. · Personality and Individual Differences · 2006 · 99 citations

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Videotaped interrogations and confessions: A simple change in camera perspective alters verdicts in simulated trials.

G. Daniel Lassiter, Andrew L. Geers, Ian M. Handley et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology · 2002 · 83 citations

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On the general acceptance of confessions research: Opinions of the scientific community.

Saul M. Kassin, Allison D. Redlich, Fabiana Alceste et al. · American Psychologist · 2018 · 70 citations

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Confession evidence, psychological vulnerability and expert testimony

Gisli H. Gudjónsson · Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology · 1993 · 60 citations

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Authors

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  1. GH
    Gisli H. Gudjónsson

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 273 citations

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  2. RA
    Richard A. Leo

    University of San Francisco, United States

    3 publications · 53 citations

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  3. SA
    Steven A. Drizin

    University of San Francisco, United States

    3 publications · 72 citations

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  4. AD
    Allison D. Redlich

    Policy Research Associates, United States

    3 publications · 119 citations

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  5. SA
    Stacy A. Wetmore

    University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

    2 publications · 68 citations

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Institutions

32

  1. University of San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    53 citations

  2. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    78 citations

  3. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  4. Innocence Project

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  5. Florida Southern College

    Lakeland, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  6. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  7. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  8. University of Alabama in Huntsville

    Huntsville, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    182 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. Psychology Crime and Law

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. Personality and Individual Differences

    2 publications · 201 citations

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  4. Law and Human Behavior

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. Legal and Criminological Psychology

    1 publications · 12 citations

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