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Confession evidence, psychological vulnerability and expert testimony
Author(s) -
Gudjonsson Gisli H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.2450030205
Subject(s) - confession (law) , legal psychology , psychology , pace , vulnerability (computing) , context (archaeology) , criminology , social psychology , admissible evidence , forensic psychology , criminal psychology , law , political science , history , computer security , geodesy , archaeology , computer science , geography
Abstract There have been major changes in English Law with regard to confession evidence, which followed the implementation of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) in January 1986. This paper reviews the main legal changes that are relevant to the admissibility and reliability of confessions and their psychological importance within the context of both research and expert testimony.