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Duped: Why Innocent People Confess - And Why We Believe Their Confessions

Name: Duped: Why Innocent People Confess - And Why We Believe Their Confessions
Brand: Prometheus Books
SKU: 9781633888081
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Contributors:

Saul Kassin

Publisher:

Prometheus Books

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Psychology, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Applied Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Criminology

Award:

2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention - Political/Social Sciences Award

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Release Date:

2022-06-15

ISBN 13:

9781633888081

Weight:

1.63 lbs

Size:

9.23 x 6.39 x 1.34 inches

Pages:

424

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Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, those cases must be rare? In fact, it happens all the time--in police stations, workplaces, public schools, and the military. Psychologist Saul Kassin, the world's leading expert on false confessions, explains how interrogators trick innocent people into confessing, and then how the criminal justice system deludes us into believing these confessions.

Duped reveals how innocent men, women, and children, intensely stressed and befuddled by lawful weapons of psychological interrogation, are induced into confession, no matter how horrific the crime. By featuring riveting case studies, highly original research, work by the Innocence Project, and quotes from real-life exonerees, Kassin tells the story of how false confessions happen, and how they corrupt forensics, witnesses, and other evidence, force guilty pleas, and follow defendants for their entire lives-- even after they are exonerated by DNA.

Starting in the 1980's, Dr. Kassin pioneered the scientific study of interrogations and confessions. Since then, he has been on the forefront of research and advocacy for those wrongfully convicted by police-induced false confessions. Examining famous cases like the Central Park jogger case and Amanda Knox case, as well as stories of ordinary innocent people trapped into confession, Dr. Kassin exposes just how widespread this problem is. Concluding with actionable solutions and proposals for legislative reform, Duped shows why the stigma of confession persists and how we can reform the criminal justice system to make it stop.

About the Author
Saul Kassin is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Massachusetts Professor Emeritus at Williams College. For pioneering the scientific study of false confessions, Kassin has received prestigious lifetime contribution awards from the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS), and the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL). Along with hundreds of articles, Kassin has authored several textbooks and scholarly books. His work has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in Science magazine, and in Ken Burns' 2012 film, The Central Park Five, and elsewhere.

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