Why Would They Falsely Confess? Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to committing a crime? To most people, it just doesn't seem logical. But it is logical, say experts, if you understand what can happen in a police interrogation (审讯) room.
9 q7 z F* L! n) P( X Under the right conditions, people's minds are susceptible (易受影响的) to influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police grillings (盘问) is enormous.__________(46) "The pressure is important to understand, because otherwise it's impossible to understand why someone would say he did something he didn't do. The answer is: to put an end to an uncomfortable situation that will continue until he does confess."3 a% t+ e' }, s, e
Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted a laboratory study to determine how likely people are to confess to things they didn't do.__________(47) The researchers then intentionally crashed the computers and accused the participants of hitting the "alt" key to see if they would sign a statement falsely taking responsibility.
1 g& O( r: L3 D" o. ?, Z Redlich's findings clearly demonstrate how easy it can be to get people to falsely confess: 59 percent of the young adults in the experiment immediately confessed.__________(48) Of the 15- to 16-year-olds,72 percent signed confessions, as did 78 percent of the 12- to 13-year-olds.
8 m* l9 r! l4 w: ]- E, N "There's no question that young people are more at risk," says Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at Williams College, who has done similar studies with similar results.__________(49)9 `9 R- @' j$ z* N: u
Both Kassin and Redlich note that the entire "interrogation" in their experiments consisted of a simple accusation--not hours of aggressive questioning--and still, most participants falsely confessed.
1 n# J, f' i6 t8 j' H9 e4 u% B Because of the stress of a police interrogation, they conclude, suspects can become convinced that falsely confessing, is the easiest way out of a bad situation.__________(50)
$ k; _; b; Q7 M. J' j Y A In her experiment, participants were seated at computers and told not to hit the "alt" key, because doing so would crash the systems.
5 n6 C7 K) f0 [ B "In some ways," says Kassin, "false confession becomes a rational decision.", w" c. u; @* P
C "It's a little like somebody's working on them with a dental (牙齿的) drill," says Franklin 确Zimring, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
( \* Z _5 g2 \+ y& P D "But adults are highly vulnerable too."
" Q7 u ]; [; H: k3 W* U# ?2 [3 } E How could an innocent person admit to doing something he didn't do?: O5 f5 ^" y6 a q7 n' F
F Redlich also found that the younger the participant, the more likely a false confession.+ V* }& W& S* s" {% s
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