Saul Kassin Bücher

Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit? This phenomenon occurs frequently in various settings, including police stations and schools. Psychologist Saul Kassin, a leading expert on false confessions, explores how interrogators manipulate innocent individuals into admitting guilt and how the justice system perpetuates the belief in these confessions. Through compelling case studies, original research, and insights from the Innocence Project, Kassin illustrates how innocent men, women, and children, under extreme stress from psychological interrogation tactics, are coerced into confessions, regardless of the crime's severity. These false confessions not only taint forensic evidence and witness testimonies but also lead to wrongful guilty pleas, impacting defendants' lives long after exoneration by DNA evidence. Since the 1980s, Kassin has been a pioneer in studying interrogations and advocating for those wrongfully convicted due to police-induced confessions. He examines high-profile cases like the Central Park jogger and Amanda Knox, alongside stories of everyday individuals ensnared in false confessions. The book concludes with actionable solutions and proposals for legislative reform, addressing the stigma surrounding confessions and advocating for necessary changes in the criminal justice system.

Distinguished by its current-events emphasis, strong diversity coverage, and engaging connections drawn between social psychology and students' everyday lives, Social Psychology, International Edition, remains one of the most scholarly and well-written texts in its field. Integrating classic and contemporary research, the text also includes comprehensive coverage of social cognition and evolutionary psychology, and features authoritative material on social psychology and the law. In addition, coverage of culture and diversity are integrated into every chapter by Hazel Rose Markus, a leader and respected researcher in the study of cultural psychology.

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