Deception, interrogations, & confessions
RESEARCH GROUP
Faculty
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Memory development, suggestibility, deception, eyewitness identification accuracy, and the accuracy and credibility of children's testimony. |
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Detection of deception, and interview and interrogation techniques. She is currently involved in several research projects, such as on the use of evidence as a tool to detect true and false statements during interviews with suspects, and on police officers’ interview techniques with battered women. | |
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Reliability of identification techniques (show-ups, mug shot searching, simultaneous and sequential lineups, envelope lineup, & multiple perpetrator crimes), other-race (other-group) effect, effects of double-blind administration on identification accuracy, and variations on pre-lineup instructions ( e.g., cautious, change of appearance). |
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Deception detection, discursive psychology, organizational culture, partner abuse, language, logic, ethics, policing and jurisprudence. | |
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Kassin pioneered the scientific study of police interviewing, interrogations, and confessions, and introduced a taxonomy to distinguish among types of false confessions. |
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Eyewitness guessing, the effects of police instructions to witnesses, the impact on accuracy of identification procedures, perceptions of witness creditbility |
Students
| Tarika Daftary | Jason Mandelbaum | Anna Rainey | Jennifer Torkildson | Brian Wallace |
Publications
1997-Present
Brandt, D. E & Markus, K. A. (2000). Adolescent attitudes towards the police: a new generation. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 15, 10-16.
Carmody, D. P., & Crossman, A. M. (2005). Youth deception: Malingering trauma. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology.
Ceci, S. J., Crossman, A. M., Gilstrap, L., & Scullin, M. H. (1998). Social and cognitive factors in children’s testimony. In C. P. Thompson, D. J. Herrmann, D. Bruce, D. G. Payne, J. D. Read, & M. P. Toglia (Eds.), Eyewitness memory: Theoretical and applied perspectives (pp. 15-30). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ceci, S. J., Crossman, A. M., Scullin, M., Gilstrap, L., & Huffman, M.L. (2002). Children’s suggestibility research: Implications for the courtroom and the forensic interview. In H. L. Westcott, G. M. Davies, & R. Bull (Eds.), Children’s testimony: A handbook of psychological research and forensic practice (pp. 117-130). Chichester: Wiley.
Ceci, S. J., Huffman, M. L., Crossman, A. M., Scullin, M. H., & Gilstrap, L. (2001). How reliable are children’s memories? In S. O. White (Ed.), Handbook of youth and justice (pp. 329-345). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Ceci, S. J., Huffman, M. L., Crossman, A. M., Scullin, M. H., & Gilstrap, L. (1996). How reliable are children’s memories? In N. Krasnegor, N. Anderson, & D. Bynum (Eds.), Health and Behavior, Vol. 1. Bethesda, MD: NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Seminar Series.
Ceci, S. J., Powell, M. B., & Crossman, A. M. (1999). The scientific status of children’s memory and testimony. In D. L. Faigman, D. H. Kaye, M. J. Saks, & J. Sanders (Eds.), Modern scientific evidence: The law and science of expert testimony (Suppl. Vol. 3, pp. 40-69). St. Paul, MN: West Group.
Crossman, A. M., & Carmody, D. P. (under review). Artful liars: Malingering on the Draw-A-Person task. Journal of Professional Psychology Practice.
Crossman, A. M., & Caron, D. (2006). Interviewing and the child witness: Pitfalls and safeguards. NYS Psychologist, 8(4), 14-19.
Crossman, A. M., & Lewis, M. (in press). Adults’ ability to detect children’s lying. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
Crossman, A. M., Scullin, M. H., & Melnyk, L. (2004). Individual and developmental differences in suggestibility. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 941-945.
Davis, M., Markus, K. A., Walters, S. B., Vorus, N., & Connors, B. (2005). Behavioral cues to deception vs. topic incriminating potential in criminal confessions. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 683-704.
Dysart, J. E. & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2001). A pre-identification questioning effect: Serendipitously increasing correct rejections. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 155-165.
Dysart, J. E., Lindsay, R. C. L., MacDonald, T. K., & Wicke, C. (2002). The intoxicated witness: Effects of alcohol on identification accuracy. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 170-175.
Granhag, P.A., & Hartwig, M. (forthcoming). Detecting deception. In G. Davies, C. Hollin, & R. Bull (Eds.) Forensic psychology.
Granhag, P.A., & Strömwall, L.A, & Hartwig, M. (2005). Eyewitness testimony: Tracing the beliefs of Swedish legal professionals. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 709-727.
Granhag, P.A., Andersson, L.O., Strömwall, L.A., & Hartwig, M. (2004). Imprisoned knowledge: Criminals’ beliefs about deception. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 9, 1-17.
Granhag, P.A., Christianson, S.Å., & Hartwig, M. (forthcoming). Gärningsmannaprofilering [Offender profiling]. In P.A. Granhag & S.Å. Christianson (Eds.). Rättspsykologi [Forensic psychology]. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
Granhag, P.A., Landström, S., & Hartwig, M. (2005). Witnesses appearing live vs. on video: Effects on observers perception,veracity assessments and memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19,913-933.
Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A. & Hartwig, M. (2004). Lögnarens kroppspråk: Myter och fakta [Nonverbal behavior when lying: Myths and facts]. In N. Wiklund & U. Sjöström, (Eds.). Svensk vittnespsykologi. Utsagepsykologi i teori och praktik [Swedish eyewitness psychology: Statement analysis in theory and practice]. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Hartwig, M. (2004). Granting asylum or not? Migration Board personnel’s beliefs about deception. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 31, 22-50.
Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Hartwig, M. (in press). The SUE technique: The way to detect deception. Forensic Update.
Hartwig, M., Christianson, S.Å., & Granhag, P.A. (forthcoming). Förhör med misstänkta [Interrogating suspects]. In P.A. Granhag & S.Å. Christianson (Eds.). Rättspsykologi [Forensic psychology]. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., & Strömwall, L.A. (2007). Guilty and innocent suspects’ strategies during a police interrogation. Psychology, Crime and Law, 13, 213-227.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., & Vrij, A. (2005). Police interrogation from a social psychology perspective. Policing and Society, 15, 379-399.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A. & Vrij, A. (2005). Strategic disclosure of evidence to detect deception: Towards a new research agenda. In A. Czerederecka, T. Jaskiewicz-Obydzinska, R. Roesch, & J. Wójcikiewicz (Eds.), Forensic Psychology and Law. Facing the Challenges of a Changing World (pp. 219-232). Institute of Forensic Research Publishers, Crakow.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Andersson, L.O. (2004). Suspicious minds: Criminals’ ability to detect deception. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 10, 83-95
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Kronkvist, O. (2006). Strategic use of evidence during police interviews: When training to detect deception work. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 603-619.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Vrij, A. (2004). Police officers’ lie detection accuracy: Interrogating freely versus observing video. Police Quarterly, 7, 429-456.
Hartwig, M., Granhag, P.A., Strömwall, L.A., & Vrij, A. (2005). Deception detection via strategic disclosure of evidence. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 469-484.
Kassin, S. (2002). False confessions and the jogger case. The New York Times OP-ED, November 1, 2002, p. A31.
Kassin, S. (2004). Videotape police interrogations. The Boston Globe, OP-ED, April 26, 2004, p. A-13.
Kassin, S. M. (2001). Confessions: Psychological and forensic aspects. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Kassin, S. M. (2004). True or false: “I’d know a false confession if I saw one.” In P. Granhag & L. Strömwall (Eds.), Deception detection in forensic contexts (pp. 172-194). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Kassin, S. M. (2005). On the psychology of confessions: Does innocence put innocents at risk? American Psychologist, 60, 215-228.
Kassin, S. M. (2006). A critical appraisal of modern police interrogations. In T. Williamson (Ed.), Investigative interviewing: Rights, research, regulation (pp. 207-228). Devon, UK: Willan Publishing.
Kassin, S. M. (2007). Internalized false confessions. In M. Toglia, J. Read, D. Ross, & R. Lindsay (Eds.), Handbook of eyewitness psychology: Volume 1, Memory for Events (pp. 175-192). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Kassin, S. M. (2007). Expert testimony on the psychology of confessions: A pyramidal model of the relevant science. In E. Borgida & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Psychological Science in Court: Beyond Common Knowledge. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing.
Kassin, S. M., & Gudjonsson, G. H. (2004). The psychology of confession evidence: A review of the literature and issues. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5, 35-69.
Kassin, S. M., & Gudjonsson, G. H. (2005). True crimes, false confessions: Why do innocent people confess to crimes they did not commit? Scientific American Mind, June issue, 24-31.
Kassin, S. M., & Norwick, R. J. (2004). Why people waive their Miranda rights: The power of innocence. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 211-221.
Kassin, S. M., Goldstein, C. C., & Savitsky, K. (2003). Behavioral confirmation in the interrogation room: On the dangers of presuming guilt. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 187-203.
Kassin, S. M., Leo, R. A., Meissner, C. A., Richman, K. D., Colwell, L. H., Leach, A-M., & La Fon, D. (2007). Police interviewing and interrogation: A Self-report survey of police practices and beliefs, Law and Human Behavior, 31, 381-400.
Kassin, S. M., Meissner, C. A., & Norwick, R. J. (2005). “I’d know a false confession if I saw one”: A comparative study of college students and police investigators. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 211-227.
Kassin, S.M. (1997). False memories turned against the self. Psychological Inquiry, 8, 300-302.
Kassin, S.M. (1997). The psychology of confession evidence. American Psychologist, 52, 221-233.
Kassin, S.M. (2002). Human judges of truth, deception, and credibility: Confident but erroneous. Cardozo Law Review, 23, 809-817.
Kassin, S.M., & Fong, C. T. (1999). "I'm Innocent!": Effects of training on judgments of truth and deception in the interrogation Room. Law and Human Behavior, 23, 499-516.
Kassin, S.M., & Neumann, K. (1997). On the power of confession evidence: An experimental test of the "fundamental difference" hypothesis. Law and Human Behavior, 21, 469-484.
Kassin, S.M., & Sukel, H. (1997). Coerced confessions and the jury: An experimental test of the "harmless error" rule. Law and Human Behavior, 21, 27-46.
Landström, S., Granhag, P.A., & Hartwig, M. (2007). Children’s live and videotaped testimonies: How presentation mode affects observers’ perception, assessments and memory. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 333-347.
Meissner, C. A., & Kassin, S. M. (2004). You’re Guilty, So Just Confess!” Cognitive and Behavioral Confirmation Biases in the Interrogation Room. In G. D. Lassiter (Ed.), Interrogations, confessions, and entrapment (pp. 85-106). New York: Kluwer Academic.
Meissner, C.A., & Kassin, S.M. (2002). “He’s guilty!”: Investigator bias in judgments of truth and deception. Law and Human Behavior. 26, 469-480.
Melnyk, L., Crossman, A. M., & Scullin, M. (in press). The suggestibility of children’s memory. In M. P. Toglia, J. D. Read, D. F. Ross, & R. C. L. Lindsay (Eds.), Handbook of eyewitness psychology: Memory for events.
Ning, S. R., & Crossman, A. M. (in press). We believe in being honest: Examining subcultural differences in the acceptability of deception. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Russano, M. B., Meissner, C. A., Narchet, F. M., & Kassin, S. M. (2005). Investigating true and false confessions in a novel experimental paradigm. Psychological Science, 16, 481-486.
Strömwall, L.A., Granhag, P.A., & Hartwig, M. (2004). Practitioners’ beliefs about deception. In P.A. Granhag & L.A. Strömwall (Eds.). Deception detection in forensic contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Strömwall, L.A., Hartwig, M., & Granhag, P.A. (2006). To act truthfully: Nonverbal behaviour and strategies during a police interrogation. Psychology, Crime and Law, 12, 207-219.
The Global Deception Research Team (2006). A world of lies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol 37, 60-74