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false confessions  

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  • A false confession is a narrative admission to a crime that is made, orally or in writing, by an innocent person. Research shows that innocent people may confess in different ways and for different reasons—resulting in three types of false confessions: voluntary, compliant, and internalized. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; False Confessions]

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