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Title
The impact of recanted false confession types and clarified instructions on jury decision making
Description
A substantial amount of research has been dedicated to understanding how and why innocent people confess to crimes that they did not commit. Unfortunately, false confessions occur even with the best possible interrogation practices. This study aimed to examine how different types of false confession (voluntary, compliance, and internalization) and the use of jury instructions specific to confessions influences jurors’ verdicts. A sample of 414 participants read a criminal trial case summary that presented one of four reasons why the defendant falsely confessed followed by either the standard jury instruction for confessions or a clarified version. Afterwards, participants completed several items assessing the perceived guilt of the defendant, their attitudes on confessions in general, and their opinions on jury instructions. Although the three confession reasons did not differ among one another, jurors who were given no explanation for the false confession tended to more harshly judge the defendant. Further, the clarified jury instructions did not influence the participants’ judgments. Future research should focus on how expert witness testimonies affect verdicts regarding each type of false confession reason and whether the media may influence a juror’s knowledge of factors that could provoke false confessions.
Date Created
2017
Contributors
- Pollack, Andrew Christian (Author)
- Schweitzer, Nicholas (Thesis advisor)
- Salerno, Jessica (Committee member)
- Neal, Tess (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
iv, 63 pages : illustrations
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.45508
Statement of Responsibility
by Andrew Christian Pollack
Description Source
Viewed on January 30, 2018
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2017
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-38)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Psychology
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- 2017-10-02 07:18:51
System Modified
- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 3 years ago
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