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Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the development of the science behind the psychology of false confessions Four decades ago, little was known o

"Read him his rights." We all recognize this line from cop dramas. But what happens afterward? In this book, Richard Leo sheds light on a little-known corner of

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