Possible False Confession in a Military Court-Martial: A Case Study
Titel:
Possible False Confession in a Military Court-Martial: A Case Study
Auteur:
Talmadge, Stephen A.
Verschenen in:
Military psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 13 (2001) nr. 4 pagina's 235-241
Jaar:
2001-10-01
Inhoud:
It is known and has been documented that people make false confessions. Confession evidence issues are complex, and in this article I intended to shed light on some of those issues by presenting a case study wherein a psychologist analyzes a defendant and his legal case. The evaluation in this case study included a clinical interview and an administration and interpretation of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III test (Millon, Davis, & Millon, 1997), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 test (Butcher, 1982), the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (Gudjonsson, 1984) and Compliance Scale (Gudjonsson, 1989), and the Self-Monitoring Scale (Snyder, 1974). Results of the defendant's interrogation and his psychological testing profiles are presented, which suggest a situation that was not extremely coercive but in which a cooperative defendant may have confessed because of tacit pressure. In the end the accused was acquitted. Audiotaping or videotaping and more research on this subject are recommended.
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