types of false confessions :
Instrumental coerced– long intense interrogations
Instrumental voluntary- suspect confess to achieve notoriety
Internalized coerced- suspect convinced they committed the crime
internalize voluntary- confess because of mental illness
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- List and describe the four types of false confessions presented in Class Lecture. Be sure to use examples of real cases in which that type of false confessions occurred. You may NOT use the cases discussed in the textbook or class (10 points).
A false confession refers to a confession made by a person admitting been guilty of committing a crime while else the person did not perform that crime. There are several types of false confessions that is, instrumental coerced, instrumental voluntary, internalized coerced and internalized voluntary. Instrumental coerced this normally occurs due to long intense interrogations, the interviewee agrees to have committed the crime despite having not done it. The suspect is convinced that the only way they can be let go or get a better treatment is to confess. An example…
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