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Silence and Confessions

The Suspect as the Source of Evidence

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Authors:
  1. Susan Easton

    1. Brunel Law School, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 1-4

  3. The Debate on the Right to Silence

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 5-33

  4. The Impact of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 34-60

  5. The Influence of International Human Rights Standards on the Treatment of Suspects

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 61-86

  6. The Legal Framework of Interrogation

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 87-127

  7. False Confessions

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 128-166

  8. Suspects and ‘ Suspect Communities’

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 167-193

  9. The Body as Evidence

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 194-223

  10. Conclusion

    • Susan Easton
    Pages 224-231

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 232-256
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This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation.

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  • Brunel Law School, UK

    Susan Easton

About the author

Susan Easton is Reader in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Research Centre at Brunel Law School, UK. She is also a barrister, editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law and the author of Prisoners' Rights: Principles and Practice.

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