Ebook: How the police generate false confessions: an inside look at the interrogation room

How Police Generate False Confessions explores the research on and controversy around false confessions and helps the reader understand what really happens in the interrogation room.;Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 History; 2 Do We Even Have a Problem?; 3 Types of Confessions and Statements; 4 Taking the First Steps; 5 Good Police Work or Coercion?; 6 Contamination; 7 Statement Evaluation; 8 Witnesses; 9 Cooperators and Informants; 10 Plea Bargaining; 11 Is There a Better Way?; 12 Safeguards and Reform; 13 What Lies in Store for the Future?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.