Psychological and psychiatric aspects of a coerced-internalized false confession.
This paper provides an insight into the mechanism of a coerced-internalized type of false confession. The case involved an American airman who confessed to the murder of a close friend after "failing" four polygraph tests. Psychological and psychiatric reports were prepared at the request of the defence and the findings were presented at a military hearing. The airman's confession was ruled involuntary, leading to a dismissal of the charges. The authors discuss the case with reference to the relevant literature on false confession and pseudomemories.
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D000328:Adult; D003068:Coercion; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006167:Guilt; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008014:Lie Detection; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel