Gudjohnsson et al.
- Created by: Ellen Powell
- Created on: 29-09-15 07:34
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- Gudjohnsson et al (1990)
- Aim: To document a case of false confession of a youth who was at the time distressed and susceptible to interrogative pressure
- Case study of FC, a 17 yr old who was accused of 2 murders, robbery and sexual assault
- Low population validity
- No forensic evidence, in the first interview he was denied a solicitor
- The questioning was leading and accusatory, police suggested he was sexually impotent
- Ethics
- After 14 hours of aggressive questioning without a break he confessed
- He tretracted the confession the next day, only to confess again under pressure about his failure to have successful relationships with women
- There were 3 further interviews
- No evidence of mental illness, IQ of 94, 10 on suggestibility scale, stable extrovert
- High reliability, quantitative data, social desirability, demand characteristics
- 'Coerced compliant false confession', he gave in to pressure to escape the interview situation
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