How False Memories Convince People They Committed A Crime

In Australia, up to a third of wrongful convictions involve a false confession, driven in part by false memories of a crime, forensic psychologists reveal. Forensic psychologist Dr Hayley Cullen said there are three types of false confessions. The three types include voluntary false confessions, coerced compliant confessions, and coerced, internalised false confessions. Dr Hayley Cullen reveals the psychology behind what leads to false confessions and false memories on the Crime Insiders podcast: The final type, Cullen said, “usually starts … Continue reading How False Memories Convince People They Committed A Crime