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One hundred alleged false confession cases: Some normative data
Author(s) -
Gudjonsson Gisli H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1990.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - suggestibility , psychology , normative , confession (law) , acquiescence , interview , test (biology) , forensic psychology , psychological testing , deception , clinical psychology , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , politics , political science , law , biology
This paper describes the psychological characteristics of individuals who retract self‐incriminating admissions made during police interviewing. A group of 100 alleged false confessors was compared with 104 other forensic referrals on four psychological variables. The two groups differed significantly on tests of intelligence, suggestibility, compliance and acquiescence. Normative data are provided for clinicians to evaluate test scores when assessing the psychological characteristics of individuals who claim to have made false confessions.