Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment

- Represents the latest advances of the role of psychological factors in inducing potentially unreliable self-incriminating behavior- Chapters are authored by a diverse group psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars who have contributed significantly to the collective understanding of the pressures that insidiously operate when the goal of law enforcement is to elicit self-incriminating behavior from suspected criminals- Reviews and analyzes the extant literature in this area as well as discussing how this knowledge can be used to help bring about needed changes in the legal system

From the reviews: "This edited volume a ] focuses on the psychology of interrogations, confessions and entrapment. a ] The chapters address not only what occurs inside the interrogation room, but also how resulting confessions are perceived by legal decision-makers and how psychologists can become involved further in the research area. a ] Lassiter has created a volume that is comprehensive, well written, and that represents a significant addition to the literature in the area of interrogations and confessions." (Melissa B. Russano, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 20 (1), 2006), From the reviews: "This edited volume ??? focuses on the psychology of interrogations, confessions and entrapment. ??? The chapters address not only what occurs inside the interrogation room, but also how resulting confessions are perceived by legal decision-makers and how psychologists can become involved further in the research area. ??? Lassiter has created a volume that is comprehensive, well written, and that represents a significant addition to the literature in the area of interrogations and confessions." (Melissa B. Russano, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 20 (1), 2006)

G. Daniel Lassiter is Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1984 and thereafter began a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University. He was a Visiting Faculty at the University of Florida before arriving at Ohio University in 1987.