Measuring juvenile justice and community youths' perceptions of their false confession risks during police questioning

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Due to the increasing awareness of false confessions, measures are needed to directly assess individuals’ risks of such admissions. The current study evaluates the psychometric properties (i.e., internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and factor structure) of the Perceptions of Coercion During the Holding and Interrogation Process (P-CHIP), a measure designed to assess individuals’ likelihood to falsely confess during interrogations. Data came from two separate samples: juvenile justice-involved youth, and middle- to upper-middle class community youth. A two-factor structure was found, with a distinction between police directive (police explicitly telling the suspect that they want a confession) or police nondirective (police providing more subtle cues that imply the desire for cooperation or information) interrogation strategies. Reliability and validity tests show that the P-CHIP is a valid and stable measure.

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    Measuring juvenile justice and community youths' perceptions of their false confession risks during police questioning: Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Perceptions of Coercion during the Holding and Interrogation Process (P-CHIP) Instr
    Name(s)
    Thesis advisor: Scheibe, Karl
    Date
    April 15, 2012
    Extent
    43 pages
    Language
    eng
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    electronic
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    In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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