Interrogations and Confessions - created from Mind Map

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The Power of a Confession

job of the police is to find criminals and gather evidence sufficient to secure convictions

between 39% and 48% of suspects make full confessions when interrogated by police, and an additional 13% to 16% of suspects make incriminating statements or partial admissions

Police officers estimate that they are able to elicit self-incriminating statements from 68% of the suspects they interrogate

police prefer confessions to other types of evidence.

confessions save time