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Uses techniques from psychological science and legal theory to
explore police interrogation in the United States Understanding
Police Interrogation provides a single comprehensive source for
understanding issues relating to police interrogation and
confession. It sheds light on the range of factors that may
influence the outcome of the interrogation of a suspect, which ones
make it more likely that a person will confess, and which may also
inadvertently lead to false confessions. There is a significant
psychological component to police interrogations, as interrogators
may try to build rapport with the suspect, or trick them into
thinking there is evidence against them that does not exist. Also
important is the extent to which the interrogator is convinced of
the suspect’s guilt, a factor that has clear ramifications for
today’s debates over treatment of black suspects and other people
of color in the criminal justice system. The volume employs a
totality of the circumstances approach, arguing that a number of
integrated factors, such as the characteristics of the suspect, the
characteristics of the interrogators, interrogation techniques and
location, community perceptions of law enforcement, and
expectations for jurors and judges, all contribute to the nature of
interrogations and the outcomes and perceptions of the criminal
justice system. The authors argue that by drawing on this approach
we can better explain the likelihood of interrogation outcomes,
including true and false confessions, and provide both scholars and
practitioners with a greater understanding of best practices going
forward.
Uses techniques from psychological science and legal theory to
explore police interrogation in the United States Understanding
Police Interrogation provides a single comprehensive source for
understanding issues relating to police interrogation and
confession. It sheds light on the range of factors that may
influence the outcome of the interrogation of a suspect, which ones
make it more likely that a person will confess, and which may also
inadvertently lead to false confessions. There is a significant
psychological component to police interrogations, as interrogators
may try to build rapport with the suspect, or trick them into
thinking there is evidence against them that does not exist. Also
important is the extent to which the interrogator is convinced of
the suspect’s guilt, a factor that has clear ramifications for
today’s debates over treatment of black suspects and other people
of color in the criminal justice system. The volume employs a
totality of the circumstances approach, arguing that a number of
integrated factors, such as the characteristics of the suspect, the
characteristics of the interrogators, interrogation techniques and
location, community perceptions of law enforcement, and
expectations for jurors and judges, all contribute to the nature of
interrogations and the outcomes and perceptions of the criminal
justice system. The authors argue that by drawing on this approach
we can better explain the likelihood of interrogation outcomes,
including true and false confessions, and provide both scholars and
practitioners with a greater understanding of best practices going
forward.
Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of
the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack.
Recent changes to trial procedures, such as reducing jury size,
allowing non-unanimous verdicts, and rewriting jury instructions in
plain English, were designed to promote greater efficiency and
adherence to the law. Other changes, such as capping damages and
replacing jurors with judges as arbiters in complex trials, seem
designed to restrict the role of laypeople in trial outcomes.
Whether these innovations are implemented to facilitate the
administration of justice or due to the belief that juries have
excessive power and make irrational decisions, they raise a host of
questions about their effects on juries' judgments and about
justice. Policymakers sometimes make incorrect assumptions about
jury behavior, with the result that some reform efforts have had
surprising and unintended consequences. The Jury Under Fire reviews
a number of controversial beliefs about juries as well as the
implications of these views for jury reform. It reviews up-to-date
research on both criminal and civil juries that uses a variety of
research methodologies: simulations, archival analyses, field
studies, and juror interviews. Each chapter focuses on a mistaken
assumption or myth about jurors or juries, critiques these myths,
and then uses social science research findings to suggest
appropriate reforms. Chapters discuss the experience of serving as
a juror; jury selection and jury size; and the impact of evidence
from eyewitnesses, experts, confessions, and juvenile offenders.
The book also covers the process of deciding damages and punishment
and the role of emotions in jurors' decision making, and it
compares jurors' and judges' decisions. Finally, it reviews a broad
range of efforts to reform the jury, including the most promising
reforms that have a solid backing in research. Featuring highly
visible trials to illustrate key points, The Jury Under Fire will
interest researchers in psychology and the law, practicing
attorneys, and policymakers, as well as students and trainees in
these areas.
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