Interactions Between Factors Related to the Decision of Sex Offenders to Confess During Police Interrogation: A Classification-Tree Approach

Most studies of confessions have looked at the influence of individual factors, neglecting the potential interactions between these factors and their impact on the decision to confess or not during an interrogation. Classification and regression tree analyses conducted on a sample of 624 convicted s...

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Published in:Sexual abuse 2010-09, Vol.22 (3), p.343-367
Main Authors: Beauregard, Eric, Deslauriers-Varin, Nadine, St-Yves, Michel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Canada
Careers
Classification
Confession
Crime
Criminal Psychology - organization & administration
Decisions
Defense Mechanisms
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Personality
Police
Prisoners - statistics & numerical data
Professional-Patient Relations
Questioning
Sex Offenders
Sex Offenses - classification
Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data
Sex Offenses - trends
Truth Disclosure
Victim Offender Relations
Victims
Young Adult
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Summary:Most studies of confessions have looked at the influence of individual factors, neglecting the potential interactions between these factors and their impact on the decision to confess or not during an interrogation. Classification and regression tree analyses conducted on a sample of 624 convicted sex offenders showed that certain factors related to the offenders (e.g., personality, criminal career), victims (e.g., sex, relationship to offender), and case (e.g., time of day of the crime) were related to the decision to confess or not during the police interrogation. Several interactions were also observed between these factors. Results will be discussed in light of previous findings and interrogation strategies for sex offenders.
ISSN:1079-0632
1573-286X
DOI:10.1177/1079063210370707