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One factor worth considering from the study the article references, which it really should have acknowledged. Tactics such as minimization, are extremely effect
by whack 7y ago
One factor worth considering from the study the article references, which it really should have acknowledged. Tactics such as minimization, are extremely effective in increasing the rate of true-confessions as well, which significantly outnumber the number of false-confessions.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7798075_Investigating_True_and_False_Confessions_Within_a_Novel_Experimental_Paradigm https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7798075_Investigati...
"Results indicated that guilty persons were more likely to confess than innocent persons, and that the use of minimization and the offer of a deal increased the rate of both true and false confessions"
Condition, True confessions, False confessions
No tactic 46% 6%
Minimization 81% 18%