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‘I’ll help you boys as much as I can': How eagerness to please can result in a false confession

Gisli Gudjonsson Denis Hill Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BX
Pages 333-342 | Published online: 04 Jan 2008

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James Ost, Samantha Foster, Alan Costall & Ray Bull. (2005) False reports of childhood events in appropriate interviews. Memory 13:7, pages 700-710.
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L. F. Lowenstein. (2003) Recent Research into Arson (1992-2000): Incidence, Causes and Associated Features, Predictions, Comparative Studies and Prevention and Treatment. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 10:1, pages 192-198.
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Pekka Santtila, Petri Alkiora, Magnus Ekholm & Pekka Niemi. (1999) False confession to robbery: The roles of suggestibility, anxiety, memory disturbance and withdrawal symptoms. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 10:2, pages 399-415.
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Gisli H. Gudjonsson. (1997) False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical issues. Psychological Inquiry 8:4, pages 296-299.
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Gisli H. Gudjonsson. (2021) The Science-Based Pathways to Understanding False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
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Gisli H. Gudjonsson. 2018. The Psychology of False Confessions. The Psychology of False Confessions 477 498 .
Olivier Dodier & Mélany Payoux. (2017) Connaissances et croyances des psychologues et psychiatres experts judiciaires concernant le fonctionnement de la mémoire. L’Année psychologique 117:02, pages 139-171.
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Olivier Dodier & Mélany Payoux. (2017) Connaissances et croyances des psychologues et psychiatres experts judiciaires concernant le fonctionnement de la mémoire. L’Année psychologique Vol. 117:2, pages 139-171.
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T. Smeets, J. Leppink, M. Jelicic & H. Merckelbach. (2009) Shortened versions of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale meet the standards. Legal and Criminological Psychology 14:1, pages 149-155.
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JON FRIDRIK SIGURDSSON & GISLI H. GUDJONSSON. (2004) Forensic psychology in Iceland: A survey of members of the Icelandic Psychological Society. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 45:4, pages 325-329.
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Louis Schlesinger. 2003. Sexual Murder. Sexual Murder.
Gisli H. Gudjonsson. 2002. The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions. The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions 631 662 .
L.F. Lowenstein. (2016) Recent Research into Arson (1992–2000) Incidence, Causes and Associated Features, Predictions, Comparative Studies, and Prevention and Treatment. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 74:2, pages 108-119.
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Gisli H. Gudjonsson & Isabel C.H. Clare. (1995) The relationship between confabulation and intellectual ability, memory, interrogative suggestibility and acquiescence. Personality and Individual Differences 19:3, pages 333-338.
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Isabel C.H. Clare & Gisli H. Gudjonsson. (2010) THE VULNERABILITY OF SUSPECTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES DURING POLICE INTERVIEWS: A REVIEW AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DECISION‐MAKING. Mental Handicap Research 8:2, pages 110-128.
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