Why Do People Make False Confessions?

In light of the recent John Mark Karr case, it's worth noting that proponents of forensic psychology have been writing about the psychological aspects of false confessions for nearly 100 years.


In 1908 Hugo Munsterberg among other observations, claimed that false confessions were a normal phenomena triggered by unusual circumstances!

Came across an interesting article on the subject written by By Kathleen Doheny for fox news.

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