Police Interrogation and American Justice / / Richard A. Leo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Leo, Richard A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1. Police Interrogation and the American Adversary System --; CHAPTER 2. The Third Degree --; CHAPTER 3. Professionalizing Police Interrogation --; CHAPTER 4. The Structure and Psychology of American Police Interrogation --; CHAPTER 5. Constructing Culpability --; CHAPTER 6. False Confessions --; CHAPTER 7. Miscarriages of Justice --; CHAPTER 8. Policy Directions --; Conclusion --; NOTES REFERENCES INDEX --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674033702; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674033702
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard A. Leo.

Read him his rights. We all recognize this line from cop dramas. But what happens afterward? In this book, Leo sheds light on a little-known corner of our criminal justice system--the police interrogation. An important study of the criminal justice system, this book provides interesting answers and raises some unsettling questions.