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Better Served In A Hospital, But Serving Time: Q&A With First Psychologist To Lead A Major US Jail
Image: Cook County Sherrif's Office
o say mental illness poses…

Coerced to Confess: The Psychology of False Confessions
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On a spring night in 1989, a 28 year-old white woman was brutally raped and nearly murdered while jogging through Central Park. Early in their investigation, police brought in five black and hispanic teenage boys between the ages of 14 and 16 for questioning. During interrogations lasting up to 30 hours, all five confessed to taking part in the crime. Within 72 hours of the attack, the jogger still in a coma, the NYPD believed they had solved the crime [...]

"Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal Reflections"
[Forensic]
In an experiment seemingly ripped from Law…


