Personality types and criminal interrogations : examining interrogation strategies and false admissions
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2014-08
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[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [August 2014]
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This study investigated the relationship between interrogation strategies, personality types and the likelihood that a false confession might occur. The usage of minimization and maximization tactics in interrogations by investigators was explained; as was how investigators might choose one interrogation tactic over another based on a suspect's dominant personality type. Specifically, introversion and extraversion were considered most relevant. The study utilized 103 subjects reading a hypothetical interrogation scenario involving a make-up exam and rated the likelihood that they would confess to the accusation of sharing answers with a classmate. Results showed that minimization strategies led to a significant higher likelihood that participants would falsely admit to sharing answers than would maximization strategies. Implications and limitations of the results are discussed.
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M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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false confessions, interrogation, personality, interrogation strategies
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Theses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Communicology.
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