Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Criminal Justice

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 180 pages) : color illustrations

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Allison Redlich

Committee Members

James Acker, Shawn Bushway, Christopher Kelly

Keywords

Confessions, Evidence Strength, Jurors, Jury, Confession (Law), Evidence, Criminal, Police questioning

Subject Categories

Criminology

Abstract

It is widely accepted that a confession is one of the most incriminating piece of evidence that can be presented in a criminal case (Kassin & Neumann, 1997). However, little prior research has examined the impact of situational characteristics (e.g., length of interrogation, how recently suspect has slept, etc.) of the interrogation and resulting confession. While police tactics and personal characteristics are known to impact perceptions of the resulting confession, little is known about how aspects of an interrogation might impact the perceptions of jurors. In three studies, this dissertation seeks to determine how mock jurors' perceptions of evidence strength are impacted by the inclusion of known risk factors for false confessions.

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