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Interrogation and false confessions among adolescents in seven European countries. What background and psychological variables best discriminate between false confessors and non-false confessors?

Gisli Hannes Gudjonsson Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jon Fridrik Sigurdsson Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland/Landspitali-University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Inga Dora Sigfusdottir Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Pages 711-728 | Received 01 Mar 2008, Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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Emily Haney-Caron, Sydney Baker, David DeMatteo & Naomi E. S. Goldstein. (2023) Studying Confessions: A Confederate-Free, Cheating-Based Laboratory Research Paradigm. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice 0:0, pages 1-29.
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