A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons
Purpose The principal aims of this study are to identify risk factors associated with police arrest and false confessions and to investigate whether the severity of the ADHD condition/symptoms increases the risk. Methods 22,226 young persons in Iceland anonymously completed self-report questionnaire...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/27431 2023-05-15T16:48:46+02:00 A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons Gudjonsson, GH Sigurdsson, JF Sigfusdottir, ID Asgeirsdottir, BB Gonzalez, RA Young, SJ 2015-10-13 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/27431 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8 unknown Springer Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology © The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://crea tivecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. CC-BY 367 359 ADHD Conduct disorder Epidemiology False confessions Interrogation Offending Adolescent Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Coercion Comorbidity Epidemiologic Studies Female Humans Iceland Juvenile Delinquency Male Police Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Surveys and Questionnaires Truth Disclosure Young Adult Psychiatry 1103 Clinical Sciences 1702 Cognitive Science 1701 Psychology Journal Article 2015 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8 2018-09-16T05:53:23Z Purpose The principal aims of this study are to identify risk factors associated with police arrest and false confessions and to investigate whether the severity of the ADHD condition/symptoms increases the risk. Methods 22,226 young persons in Iceland anonymously completed self-report questionnaires screening for conduct disorder and ADHD. In addition, they stated whether they had a diagnosis of ADHD and had received ADHD medication, and their history of offending, police interrogation and false confession. Participants were stratified into two age groups, 14–16 and 17–24 years. Results The older group was significantly more likely to have been interrogated by the police but the younger group were much more vulnerable to false confession during interrogation. Males were more likely to be at risk for both than females. The severity of the ADHD condition increased the risk of both interrogation and false confession. Negative binomial regressions showed that age, gender, conduct disorder, offending, and ADHD symptoms were all significant predictors of both interrogations and number of false confessions. Conduct disorder was the single best predictor of police interrogation, but the findings were more mixed regarding false confessions. Young people presenting with a combination of severe ADHD and comorbid conduct disorder had the worst outcome for both interrogation and false confessions. Conclusions The findings endorse the need for support of persons with ADHD to be put in place to ensure fair due process and to prevent miscarriages of justice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Imperial College London: Spiral Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51 3 359 367 |
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ADHD Conduct disorder Epidemiology False confessions Interrogation Offending Adolescent Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Coercion Comorbidity Epidemiologic Studies Female Humans Iceland Juvenile Delinquency Male Police Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Surveys and Questionnaires Truth Disclosure Young Adult Psychiatry 1103 Clinical Sciences 1702 Cognitive Science 1701 Psychology |
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ADHD Conduct disorder Epidemiology False confessions Interrogation Offending Adolescent Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Coercion Comorbidity Epidemiologic Studies Female Humans Iceland Juvenile Delinquency Male Police Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Surveys and Questionnaires Truth Disclosure Young Adult Psychiatry 1103 Clinical Sciences 1702 Cognitive Science 1701 Psychology Gudjonsson, GH Sigurdsson, JF Sigfusdottir, ID Asgeirsdottir, BB Gonzalez, RA Young, SJ A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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ADHD Conduct disorder Epidemiology False confessions Interrogation Offending Adolescent Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Coercion Comorbidity Epidemiologic Studies Female Humans Iceland Juvenile Delinquency Male Police Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Surveys and Questionnaires Truth Disclosure Young Adult Psychiatry 1103 Clinical Sciences 1702 Cognitive Science 1701 Psychology |
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Purpose The principal aims of this study are to identify risk factors associated with police arrest and false confessions and to investigate whether the severity of the ADHD condition/symptoms increases the risk. Methods 22,226 young persons in Iceland anonymously completed self-report questionnaires screening for conduct disorder and ADHD. In addition, they stated whether they had a diagnosis of ADHD and had received ADHD medication, and their history of offending, police interrogation and false confession. Participants were stratified into two age groups, 14–16 and 17–24 years. Results The older group was significantly more likely to have been interrogated by the police but the younger group were much more vulnerable to false confession during interrogation. Males were more likely to be at risk for both than females. The severity of the ADHD condition increased the risk of both interrogation and false confession. Negative binomial regressions showed that age, gender, conduct disorder, offending, and ADHD symptoms were all significant predictors of both interrogations and number of false confessions. Conduct disorder was the single best predictor of police interrogation, but the findings were more mixed regarding false confessions. Young people presenting with a combination of severe ADHD and comorbid conduct disorder had the worst outcome for both interrogation and false confessions. Conclusions The findings endorse the need for support of persons with ADHD to be put in place to ensure fair due process and to prevent miscarriages of justice. |
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A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons |
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