Objective: Over the past 4 decades, discrepant research findings have emerged in the juror–
confession literature, prompting the need for a systematic review and meta-analysis that …

Objective: This study examined incarcerated persons' self-reported interrogation
experiences and confession decision-making by investigating which sociodemographic …

Confessions represent one of the most influential types of evidence, and research has
shown that mock jurors often fail to dismiss unreliable confession evidence. However, recent …

Objective: Because confessions are sometimes unreliable, it is important to understand how
jurors evaluate confession evidence. We conducted a content analysis testing an attribution …

When confessions are entered into evidence in criminal courts, issues of coercion and
voluntariness are important and often contested matters. Occasionally, defense attorneys …

Alcohol-intoxicated suspects' confessions are admissible in US courts; however, it is
unknown how jurors evaluate such confessions. Study 1 assessed potential jurors' …

We examined the effect of defendant race and expert testimony on jurors' perceptions of
recanted confessions. Participants (591 jury-eligible community members) read a first …

Objective: Interested adults, such as parents and attorneys, may pose as safeguards against
juveniles' vulnerabilities during custodial interrogations; yet, the trial-level ramifications of …

We investigated whether enhanced jury instructions, which added empirical findings about
confession evidence to standard jury instructions, could sensitize mock jurors to the …

Uses techniques from psychological science and legal theory to explore police interrogation
in the United States Understanding Interrogation provides a single comprehensive source …