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Why Would They Falsely Confess
Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime To most people, it just doesn’t seem logical. But it is logical, say experts, if you understand what can happen in a police interrogation (审讯) room.
Under the right conditions, people’s minds are susceptible (易受影响的) to influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police grillings (盘问) is enormous.
(46) "The pressure is important to understand, because otherwise it’s impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn’t do. The answer is. to put an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess. "
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn’t do.
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