Kids, Cops, and Confessions : : Inside the Interrogation Room / / Barry C. Feld.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Feld, Barry C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; Introduction --; 1. Interrogating Criminal Suspects --; 2. Questioning Juveniles --; 3. To Waive or Not to Waive --; 4. Police Interrogation --; 5. Juveniles Respond to Interrogation --; 6. Justice by Geography --; 7. True and False Confessions --; 8. Policy Reforms --; Appendix 1. Data and Methodology --; Appendix 2. Where the Girls Are --; NOTES --; REFERENCES --; INDEX --; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814770467; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814727775.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Barry C. Feld.

Juveniles possess less maturity, intelligence, and competence than adults, heightening their vulnerability in the justice system. For this reason, states try juveniles in separate courts and use different sentencing standards than for adults. Yet, when police bring kids in for questioning, they use the same interrogation tactics they use for adults, including trickery, deception, and lying to elicit confessions or to produce incriminating evidence against the defendants. In Kids, Cops, and Confessions, Barry Feld offers the first report of what actually happens when police question juveniles. Drawing on remarkable data, Feld analyzes interrogation tapes and transcripts, police reports, juvenile court filings and sentences, and probation and sentencing reports, describing in rich detail what actually happens in the interrogation room. Contrasting routine interrogation and false confessions enables police, lawyers, and judges to identify interrogations that require enhanced scrutiny, to adopt policies to protect citizens, and to assure reliability and integrity of the justice system. Feld has produced an invaluable look at how the justice system really works.