Personality types and criminal interrogations: examining interrogation strategies and false admissions

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dc.contributor.authorWarner, Mark Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-02T20:39:53Z
dc.date.available2015-10-02T20:39:53Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/100563
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Communicology.
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dc.subjectfalse confessions
dc.subjectinterrogation
dc.subjectPersonality
dc.subjectinterrogation strategies
dc.titlePersonality types and criminal interrogations: examining interrogation strategies and false admissions
dc.typeThesis
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