Increasingly, in light of recent discoveries of wrongful convictions and psychological research on false confessions, the news media are telling the stories and raising public awareness. This increased awareness is happening through newspaper and magazine articles, true crime TV shows, documentary films, and podcasts—including several in which I have been involved.
Doyle (2023). Saul Kassin probes dangerous practices in “Duped”. Criminal Justice Review. [Link]
Kassin (2023). CT justice and the 50-year legacy of Barbara Gibbons. Hartford Courant. [PDF]
Kassin (2022). Law Enforcement Experts on Why Police Shouldn’t be Allowed to Lie to Suspects. Time.Com. [Link]
Kassin (2022). The ‘Money Train’ murder: Anatomy of three false confessions. New York Law Journal. [PDF]
Kassin (2022). Texas is about to execute a woman for her daughter’s death. But she may well be innocent. Time.Com. [Link]
Kassin & Ben-Ari (2022). Debunking the myths that lead to wrongful convictions. Haaretz. [PDF]
Cutler (2022). They didn’t remain silent: How false confessions happen. New York Daily News. [Link]
Kassin (2021). It’s time for police to stop lying to suspects. The New York Times. [Link]
Kassin & Thompson (2019). Videotape all police interrogations – Justice demands it. The New York Times. [PDF]
Kassin (2018). Why SCOTUS should examine the case of “Making a Murderer’s” Brendan Dassey. APA online. [Link]
Kassin (2004). Videotape police interrogations. The Boston Globe. [PDF]
Kassin (2002). False confessions and the jogger case. The New York Times. [PDF]