Silence and Confessions: The Suspect as the Source of Evidence

by S. Easton

Overview

This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137333810
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/29/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Susan Easton is Reader in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre at Brunel Law School, UK. She is also a barrister, editor of the International Jourbanal of Discrimination and the Law and the author of Prisoners' Rights: Principles and Practice.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Debate on the Right to Silence 3. The Impact of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1984 4. The Influence of International Human Rights Standards on the Treatment of the Suspect 5. The Legal Framework of Interrogation 6. False Confessions 7. Suspects and 'Suspect Communities' 8. The Body as Evidence 9. Conclusion