TY - BOOK ID - 77890587 TI - Confessions in the courtroom AU - Wrightsman, Lawrence S. AU - Kassin, Saul M. PY - 1993 SN - 1452254028 9781452254029 9781483326351 1483326357 080394554X 9780803945548 0803945558 9780803945555 PB - Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Confession (Law) -- United States. KW - Evidence, Criminal. KW - Evidence, Criminal -- United States. KW - United States. KW - Confession (Law) KW - Evidence, Criminal KW - Law - U.S. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S. KW - Confession (Law) - United States. KW - Evidence, Criminal - United States. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890587 AB - The causes of confessions, the acceptability of confessions extracted under duress and the interrogation procedures used by police are among the topics explored in this volume. The authors examine how the North American legal system has evolved in its treatment of confessions over the past 50 years, evaluate the process for determining the admissability of confession testimony and provide research findings on jurors' reactions to voluntary and coerced confessions. ER -