Jailhouse Informants : : Psychological and Legal Perspectives / / Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, Jonathan M. Golding.
Offers a new understanding of jailhouse informants and the role they play in wrongful convictions Jailhouse informants—witnesses who testify in a criminal trial, often in exchange for some incentive—are particularly persuasive to jurors. A jailhouse informant usually claims to have heard the defenda...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Psychoanalytic Crossroads
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Psychological Perspectives on Jailhouse Informants
- 1. Jailhouse Informants throughout
- 2. Legal Perspectives on Admitting Jailhouse Informant Testimony 37 3. Confession Evidence: Is It
- 3. Confession Evidence: Is It Valid?
- 4. Detecting Deception
- 5. Perceptions of Jailhouse Informants in the Courtroom
- 6. Expert Testimony, Cross-Examination, and Judicial Instructions
- Conclusion: Recommendations Concerning Jailhouse Informant Testimony
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors