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Q The article is linked to and found in the DOC Sharing forum under the Content tab, then use it to answer the questions that follow. Post your comments and opinions on possible pros and cons, as well as benefits and limitations. If you have previously utilized this technique, please share your stories and experiences. Kassan, S.M. (2015). The social psychology of false confessions. Social Issues and Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, pg. 25-51 What factors do you see as relative to the increasing number of false confessions in America? If you were an investigative supervisor what issue or dynamic would you address to safeguard your agency from obtaining false confessions? If you were to determine during an interview that the subject was providing you a false confession, what steps would you take to ensure reliability?

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False confessions can be extremely misleading and Kassin (2015) discusses the horrors of false confessions. Kassin (2015) had given an example of a case where a woman was raped and murdered brutally and 4 African American teenagers were convicted solely based on their oral confessions and 13 years later it was proved that the heinous crime was actually being committed by someone else.