How the police generate false confessions : an inside look at the interrogation room / James L. Trainum.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442244641
- ISBN: 144224464X
- Physical Description: xix, 308 pages : 24 cm
- Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | History -- Do we even have a problem? -- Types of confessions and statements -- Taking the first steps -- Good police work or coercion? -- Contamination -- Statement evaluation -- Witnesses -- Cooperators and informants -- Plea bargaining -- Is there a better way? -- Safeguards and reform -- What lies in store for the future? |
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Subject: | Constitution (United States). Police questioning > United States. Confession (Law) > United States. Self-incrimination > United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 8073.3 .T73 2016 | 30775305529142 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
How the Police Generate False Confessions : An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room
James L. Trainum, a private consultant, retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. and was the Violent Crimes Case Review Project Director- Detective from 2000-2010. He was the recipient of the Marymount University Forensic Psychology Program Award in Ethics in Law Enforcement in 2005, and recipient of the 2009 Innocence Network's Champion of Justice Award. Trainum has written several articles on interrogations and the creation of Innocence Commissions, committees designed to review alleged wrongful conviction cases. He has been interviewed on the topic of interrogation and false confessions by The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Public Radio. Trainum has also been quoted in the American Psychological Associations white paper on the topic of false confessions and in numerous other articles and editorials. He speaks at many conferences and other events to talk about the topic of false confessions and interrogation techniques.