This journal article is called ‘Why the Innocent Confess.’ It doesn’t just explain how some people find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. It presents the audience with yet another side of the story that isn’t widely known. It asks the question of whether or not an interrogator would know the difference between innocent people versus those who are truly guilty. It also provides us with some background information pertaining to the training of the interrogators. Lastly, the article shows that regardless of a person’s innocence, interrogators will mentally lead an innocent person on.
This article goes into explaining how some police investigators are not concerned with false confessions. They believe that they only interrogate people who are guilty. In order to arrive at an interrogation of a suspect they have used interviews, witnesses, and/or evidence. Police investigators use a person’s body language in order to interrogate them. Yet, these techniques are not always accurate. Police interrogators become more confident at distinguishing an innocent person from a guilty person. So confident that even when they are not sure they make permanent decision anyway. An experiment was designed to have detectives distinguish between a true confession and a made up one. The police detectives couldn’t tell the difference. Suspects usually waive their rights to silence because they are not familiar with the justice system. There are two common illusions revealed by psychological experiments. The illusion of transparency is when the suspect believe their true feelings and intentions are obvious to others. Second is the world illusion that they will go free because they are truly innocent. The interrogation techniques consist of an isolated bare room, with teams of people asking leading questions. The interrogators ask questions that presume guilt, and even call suspects a liar. The article talked about a psychological phenomenon called...