Kassin contends that there are five myths of confessions that are prevalent in the criminal justice system. Identify these myths.

What will be an ideal response?


(1) Innocent people cannot be induced to confess through the use of legal and noncoercive interrogation tactics;
(2) police investigators are often convinced they can identify truth tellers from liars during interviews, and consequently feel they are able to determine who should be interrogated;
(3) relying on some combination of intuition and corroboration, many police officers and other criminal justice personnel believe they can distinguish between true and false confessions;
(4) people facing interrogation are protected by their constitutional rights to silence and to counsel; and
(5) if the confession was coerced and is erroneously admitted at trial, appellate courts can reasonably determine whether the error was harmless.

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