The psychological characteristics of ‘false confessors’. A study among icelandic prison inmates and juvenile offenders

• Published in: Personality and Individual Differences
• Main Authors: Sigurdsson, J F, Gudjonsson, G H
• Other Authors: Natl. Prison/Probation Admin., Borgartuni 7, IS-150 Reykjavik, Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2010
• Subjects: Prisoners; Psychological Tests; Criminal Psychology; Crime; Gough; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/112313; https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(95)00184-0

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field In this study the psychological characteristics of 62 prison inmates, who claimed to have made a 'false confession' during a police interview, were compared with those of other in...