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Voluntary False Confessions

Voluntary False Confession is a type of false confession in which an individual willingly and without external pressure admits guilt to a crime they did not commit, distinguished from coerced or compliant false confessions by the absence of duress or manipulative interrogation tactics.

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The Psychology of Confessions

Saul M. Kassin, Gisli H. Gudjónsson · Gothic.net · 2004 · 507 citations · Full text

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Coerced confessions and the jury: An experimental test of the "harmless error" rule.

Saul M. Kassin, Holly L. Sukel · Law and Human Behavior · 1997 · 263 citations

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False Confessions

Saul M. Kassin · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 2008 · 107 citations

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Coerced Confessions, Judicial Instruction, and Mock Juror Verdicts<sup>1</sup>

Saul M. Kassin, Lawrence S. Wrightsman · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 1981 · 96 citations

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False confessions: causes, consequences, and implications.

Richard A. Leo · PubMed · 2009 · 88 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SM
    Saul M. Kassin

    Williams College, United States

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. RA
    Richard A. Leo

    University of San Francisco, United States

    2 publications · 148 citations

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  3. SL
    Stanley L. Brodsky

    University of Alabama, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. LM
    Lisa M Krzewinski

    Boston College, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. LS
    Lawrence S. Wrightsman

    University of Kansas, United States

    1 publications · 96 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Williams College

    Williamstown, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    866 citations

  2. University of San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    148 citations

  3. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    171 citations

  4. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    96 citations

  5. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    507 citations

  6. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    263 citations

  7. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Salford

    Salford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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  1. Law and Human Behavior

    2 publications · 278 citations

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  2. Annual Review of Law and Social Science

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  3. Gothic.net

    1 publications · 507 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 88 citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    1 publications · 96 citations

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