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

by Saul M. Kassin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633888088
• ISBN13: 9781633888081
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"