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      Evaluating Videotaped Confessions : Expertise Provides No Defense Against the Camera-Perspective Effect

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      Psychological Science
      Wiley-Blackwell

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          On the psychology of confessions: does innocence put innocents at risk?

          The Central Park jogger case and other recent exonerations highlight the problem of wrongful convictions, 15% to 25% of which have contained confessions in evidence. Recent research suggests that actual innocence does not protect people across a sequence of pivotal decisions: (a) In preinterrogation interviews, investigators commit false-positive errors, presuming innocent suspects guilty; (b) naively believing in the transparency of their innocence, innocent suspects waive their rights; (c) despite or because of their denials, innocent suspects elicit highly confrontational interrogations; (d) certain commonly used techniques lead suspects to confess to crimes they did not commit; and (e) police and others cannot distinguish between uncorroborated true and false confessions. It appears that innocence puts innocents at risk, that consideration should be given to reforming current practices, and that a policy of videotaping interrogations is a necessary means of protection.
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              Credibility of the emotional witness: a study of ratings by court judges.

              Previous studies have shown that the emotional behavior displayed during testimony may affect the perceived credibility of the witness. The present study compares credibility ratings by Norwegian court judges with those made by lay people. The participants viewed one of three video-recorded versions of a rape victim's statement, role played by a professional actress. The statement was given in a free-recall manner with one of three kinds of emotions displayed, termed congruent, neutral, and incongruent emotional expression. The results show that, in contrast to lay people, the credibility ratings of court judges and their votes for a guilty verdict were not influenced by the emotions displayed by the witness. Results are discussed in terms of professional expertise.
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                Journal
                Psychological Science
                Psychol Sci
                Wiley-Blackwell
                0956-7976
                1467-9280
                December 04 2016
                December 04 2016
                : 18
                : 3
                : 224-226
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                10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01879.x
                1adcb453-8e6f-4b1e-9bf5-52df694bdd0e
                © 2016
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