Keatley David A, Marono Abbie, Clarke David D
Researchers in Behaviour Sequence Analysis, Psychology Department, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
School of Law, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2018 May 31;25(3):425-436. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1463875. eCollection 2018.
The causes of false confessions are an important issue in legal studies and forensics. Recent advances in DNA testing have increased the number of proven false confessions; however, there are probably many cases without scientific evidence to refute the guilty verdict. The current research provides a novel approach to understand the structure and process of police interrogation techniques, in the United States behaviour sequence analysis. This method allows complex interactions in interrogations to be broken down and the progression of techniques analysed clearly. A case study is provided of an individual who confessed to a series of very serious crimes. The results show that several psychological techniques, such as leading statements, pressure, empathy, and inducements, are used, in increasing frequency, which resulted in the suspect's confession. This research provides support for behaviour sequence analysis as a new method to understand the structure of police interrogations and how psychological techniques may be used to gain false confessions.
虚假供述的成因是法律研究和法医学中的一个重要问题。DNA检测技术的最新进展增加了经证实的虚假供述的数量；然而，可能存在许多没有科学证据反驳有罪判决的案例。当前的研究提供了一种新颖的方法来理解美国警察审讯技术的结构和过程，即行为序列分析。这种方法可以分解审讯中的复杂互动，并清晰地分析技术的进展。文中提供了一个案例研究，讲述了一个人承认犯了一系列非常严重罪行的情况。结果表明，警察使用了几种心理技巧，如引导性陈述、施压、共情和诱导，且使用频率不断增加，最终导致嫌疑人认罪。这项研究为行为序列分析提供了支持，证明它是一种理解警察审讯结构以及心理技巧如何被用于获取虚假供述的新方法。
