Authors

Annika Fiala

Senior Project Advisor

Ira Hyman

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Winter 2024

Keywords

interrogation strategies, confabulation, information exposure, false memories, false confessions

Abstract

This literature review seeks to explore how interrogation strategies, such as compliance pressure and provision of information, can result in subject confabulation, false memories, and false confessions. These effects reduce the reliability of subject statements, and overall reliability of the criminal justice system. Additionally, differences in subject cognitive ability can make some more susceptible to interrogation methods. These factors must be accounted for when conducting interrogation procedures in order to mitigate their effects and prioritize the reliability of information relied on by the criminal justice system.

Department

Psychology

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Police questioning; Questioning; False memory syndrome; Prosecutorial misconduct

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

Included in

Psychology Commons

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