Jailhouse Informants: Psychological and Legal Perspectives Neuschatz Jeffrey S.
Jailhouse Informants: Psychological and Legal Perspectives Neuschatz Jeffrey S. Offers a new understanding of jailhouse informants and the role they play in wrongful convictionsJailhouse…
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Jailhouse Informants: Psychological and Legal Perspectives Neuschatz Jeffrey S.
Offers a new understanding of jailhouse informants and the role they play in wrongful convictionsJailhouse informants--witnesses who testify in a criminal trial, often in exchange for some incentive--are particularly persuasive to jurors. Research shows that such testimony increases the likelihood of a guilty verdict. A jailhouse informant usually claims to have heard the defendant confess to a crime while they were incarcerated together.
Informants, after all, are generally criminals who are offering testimony in return for some key motivator, such as a reduced sentence.This book offers a broad overview of the history and legal and psychological issues surrounding the testimony of jailhouse informants. But it is also a leading contributor to wrongful convictions. It provides groundbreaking psychological research to address how they are used, the number of