Inconsistencies undermine the credibility of confession evidence

Purpose. Although inconsistencies undermine the credibility of evidence from a witness or victim, anecdotal evidence from many court cases suggests that they do not reduce the impact of confession evidence. This research provides the first empirical test of this idea by experimentally manipulating t...

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Authors: Palmer, Matthew A. (Author) ; Button, Lizzie (Author) ; Barnett, Emily (Author) ; Brewer, Neil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2016, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 161-173
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Keywords:
Coercion
Confession
discounting
incosistencies
juror decisions