Duped : Why Innocent People Confess - and Why We Believe Their Confessions

Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit? And, surely, this must be a rare phenomenon? In fact, it happens all the time. Psychologist Saul Kassin is the world's leading expert on false confessions - why innocents confess, how interrogators force false confessions, and why we all believe them. This conclusive and comprehensive book ......