Types of False Confessions
The Reid Technique
Solutions
Cases
Other
100
What is a voluntary false confession?
Falsely confessing without being pressured to do so.
100
What are internalized false confessions?
Where the suspect comes to believe his or her own culpability
100
What does the "C" stand for in the PEACE model?
Closure
100
Who later confessed to the crime that Anthony Hanemaayer was convicted for?
Paul Bernardo
100
What was the name of the police officer in the opening video?
Wiley Willis
200
Who is most vulnerable to coerced-compliant false confessions?
Juveniles, youths, those with a low I.Q., those with a learning disability
200
When police are trying to elicit a confession what type of strategy is it when the police present evidence (either real or fake)?
Confrontation strategies
200
What is the strategic use of evidence?
When the interviewer withholds certain pieces of evidence from the suspect.
200
What was one of the main reasons why Richard Brant falsely confessed?
To take a lighter sentence
200
From the video what is Jessie Misskelley's I.Q. average?
72
300
In which type of false confession does law enforcement use fabricated evidence to convince the suspect that they have committed the crime?
Coerced-internalized false confessions / persuaded false confessions
300
According to the Reid technique, how should guilty suspects appear?
Deceptive
300
What is the assumption of the cognitive load strategy?
That lying is more cognitively demanding than telling the truth.
300
What was the significance of Thomas Sophonow's case in terms of police interrogation techniques?
The fact that police could use coercive interrogation tactics with potential eyewitnesses as well.
300
What is the average speed of delivery for the caution?
263 words per minute
400
Pressure from a gang member who threatens the individual's family if he "does not take the rap" is an example of which type of false confession?
Coerced-reactive false confession
400
What do advocates of the Reid technique assume?
That an innocent suspect will recognize the interrogator's lies and refuse to capitulate.
400
What is a special warning?
Mentions to the judge or jury that the accused had no reasonable or innocent explanation to give.
400
Which two previously mentioned cases did detective Jim Smyth investigate?
Russell Williams and Cory Armishaw
400
In what year was Barbara Stoppel murdered?
1981
500
Who created the term coerced-substituted false confessions?
Frumkin
500
What percentage of DNA-related exonerations involved a confession in the conviction?
At least 20%
500
What are the two types of unanticipated questions?
Spatial or temporal in nature.
500
Where did Cory Armishaw's I.Q. lie on the scale?
Near the bottom of the normal range for people his age.
500
In what year was it announced by the Winnipeg Police that they had a new suspect?
2000
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