Instructions: Identify 5 books, chapters, journals, reports or other credible pieces of literature relating to the subject and write a 300-350 word SUMMARY or annotation of the contents of EACH. Should be 1500-1800 words.
There should be concise and accurate reflection of the literature, with a short discussion in terms of the credibility or validity or generalisability of the research.
The Annotated Bibliography must hold an element of critical analysis in so much as it is not only summarizes the material, it analyses what is being said. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of what is presented as well as describing the applicability of the author’s conclusions.
SAMPLE OF A STRONG ONE (do not use this just a strong sample)
Paton, W., Bain, S., Gozna, L., Gilchrist, E., Heim, D., Gardner, E., Cairns, D., McGranaghan,
P. & Fischer, R., (2018). The combined effects of questioning technique and interviewer manner
on false confessions. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 15(3), pp.335-
349. Doi:10.1002/jip.1513
Within this article it is evident from the beginning that the focus of the study was to understand if
interrogation tactics such as the PEACE Model, and also the interviewers manner would elicit a false
confession or instead do the opposite. To do this, they researched how the interviewing techniques in
the United States had created increased feelings of anxiety linked to denial whilst minimizing the
negative connotations linked to confessing. Once this information was gathered Paton et. al, (2018)
believed in order to combat this issue the opposite should take place and instead use information
gathering techniques instead of passive aggressive behaviour.
However, Paton et. al, (2018) in turn discovered during this study that due to the use of friendly
interviewer manners and non-leading open questions which the PEACE Model focuses on, this
instead led to the elicitation of a false confession in more cases than the stern interviewer condition.
Overall, this study has exemplified the notion that despite the PEACE Model can still result in a
minimal amount of false confessions this is not always the case. This is due to the exposure of both
noncoercive ps
SUGGESTED READINGS
TOPIC 7 FALSE CONFESSIONS
This topic will examine the difference between investigative interviews and interrogations. It
will explore what brought about change to investigative practice in England and Wales and
examine the difference in approaches to investigative interview. A focus will be placed here on
the key differences between the PEACE model of interviewing used in England and Wales and
the Reid model of interviewing used in the USA.
The fundamental concepts related to deception and how does this impact false confessions will
be explored, together with the volume and causes of false confessions.
READING LIST
Bedau, H.A., and Radelet, M.L., (1987) Miscarriages of Justice in potentially capital cases.
Standford Law Review, 40, 21-179
Bull, R., & Soukara, S. (2010). Four studies of what really happens in police interviews. In G. D.
Lassiter & C. A. Meissner (Eds.), Police interrogations and false confessions: Current research,
practice, and policy recommendations (pp. 8195). Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
DePaulo, B. M., Lindsay, J. J., Malone, B. E., Muhlenbruck, L., Charlton, K., & Cooper, H. (2003). Cues
to deception. Psychological Bulletin, 129(1), 74118
Garrett, B.L., (2011) Convicting the innocent; Where criminal convictions go wrong. London;
Harvard University Press.
The Global Deception Research Team. (2006). A world of lies. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 37 (1), 6074
Granhag, P. A., & Hartwig, M. (2015). The strategic use of evidence technique: A conceptual
overview. In P. A. Granhag, A. Vrij, & B. Verschuere (Eds.), Detecting deception: Current
challenges and cognitive approaches (pp. 231251)
Granhag, P. A., Strmwall, L., & Hartwig, M. (2007). The SUE technique: The way to interview to
detect deception. Forensic Update, 88, 2529
Gudjonsson, G, H., and Pearse, J., (2011) Suspect Interviews and False Confessions. Current
Directions in Psychological Science. 20, 33-37
Gudjonsson, G,H., (1992) The psychology of false confessions, New Law Journal, 142, 1277-1278
1. Annotations should be a summary of literature content, with an element of evaluation. In other words, what does the literature tell you about the topic, have your essay in mind while you write it and think about what information you can draw from the literature that would be relevant to your discussion.
2. A common fault in annotations is that some write a review or a critique of the literature, this is not what is needed. It is more about the content as opposed to the evaluation.
3. If using a research paper and I would encourage you to include at least one, think about the size and scope of the research and perhaps comment on the sense of generalisability across the wider population.
