Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by David Canter

Author:David Canter [Canter, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2010-07-08T17:04:00+00:00

False confessions

One area that is particularly intriguing is the situation in which a person may falsely confess to a crime. It often surprises people, even experienced police officers, that someone will confess to a crime that they know they did not commit. Yet from the earliest psychological considerations of evidence, it has been known that false confessions occur often enough to be a source of real concern for the police and the courts. One dramatic historical illustration of this is that when Charles Lindbergh's son was kidnapped in 1932, nearly 200 people confessed to the crime. Similarly, more than 100 people confessed to the murder in 1986 of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme.

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