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  • How do sex offenders think the police should interview to elicit confessions from sex offenders?

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    Author(s)
    Kebbell, Mark
    Alison, Laurence
    Hurren, Emily
    Mazerolle, Paul
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Mazerolle, Paul J.
    Hurren Paterson, Emily J.
    Kebbell, Mark R.
    Year published
    2010
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    The purpose of this study is to explore sex offenders' perceptions of how the police should interview suspected sex offenders to facilitate confessions, and to investigate whether there is a relationship between sex offenders' perceptions of how the police interviewed them and their decisions to confess or deny. Fortythree convicted sex offenders were interviewed using two 35-item questionnaires that contained five questions on each of seven interviewing strategies. An additional 20 violent offenders were included for comparison purposes. The strategies were evidence presenting strategies, ethical interviewing, displays ...
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    The purpose of this study is to explore sex offenders' perceptions of how the police should interview suspected sex offenders to facilitate confessions, and to investigate whether there is a relationship between sex offenders' perceptions of how the police interviewed them and their decisions to confess or deny. Fortythree convicted sex offenders were interviewed using two 35-item questionnaires that contained five questions on each of seven interviewing strategies. An additional 20 violent offenders were included for comparison purposes. The strategies were evidence presenting strategies, ethical interviewing, displays of humanity, displays of dominance, use of minimization and maximization techniques, and demonstrating an understanding of sex offenders' cognitive distortions. One questionnaire concerned how the police should interview sex offenders and the other concerned how they perceived the police who interviewed them. Generally speaking, evidence presenting strategies, ethical interviewing, and displays of humanity were perceived to increase the likelihood of a confession. Interviewer dominance was perceived to be associated with a reduction in the likelihood of a confession.
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    Journal Title
    Psychology, Crime & Law
    Volume
    16
    Issue
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10683160902971055
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 Routledge. This is an electronic version of an article published in Psychology, Crime & Law, Volume 16, Issue 7 September 2010 , pages 567 - 584. Psychology, Crime & Law is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
    Subject
    Criminology not elsewhere classified
    Criminology
    Psychology
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/36686
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