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As you read this blurb you know you would never confess to a crime you didnt commit Read this compelling study and youll change your mind Dr Kassin lays bare the dirty tricks used by police to make innocents confess And he describes convincingly what should be done to stop them
John Grisham 1 New York Timesbestselling author

Written by the worlds leading expert on false confessions this landmark book reveals the psychology behind why innocent men women and children intensely stressed and befuddled by the promises threats trickery and deception of a police interrogation are duped into confession no matter how horrific the crime Featuring riveting case studies highly original research work done in tandem with the Innocence Project and quotes from individuals who confessed to crimes they did not commit Duped tells the story of how this happens how the system turns a blind eye and how to make it stop

Why do people confess to crimes they did not commit And surely those cases must be rare In fact it happens all the timein police stations workplaces public schools and the military Psychologist Saul Kassin the worlds leading expert on false confessions explains how interrogators trick innocent people into confessing and then how the criminal justice system deludes us into believing these confessions

Duped reveals how innocent men women and children intensely stressed and befuddled by lawful weapons of psychological interrogation are induced into confession no matter how horrific the crime By featuring riveting case studies highly original research work by the Innocence Project and quotes from reallife exonerees Kassin tells the story of how false confessions happen and how they corrupt forensics witnesses and other evidence force guilty pleas and follow defendants for their entire lives even after they are exonerated by DNA

Starting in the 1980s Dr Kassin pioneered the scientific study of interrogations and confessions Since then he has been on the forefront of research and advocacy for those wrongfully convicted by policeinduced false confessions Examining famous cases like the Central Park jogger case and Amanda Knox case as well as stories of ordinary innocent people trapped into confession Dr Kassin exposes just how widespread this problem is Concluding with actionable solutions and proposals for legislative reform Duped shows why the stigma of confession persists and how we can reform the criminal justice system to make it stop