@article{351851,
      recid = {351851},
      author = {Leo, Richard A.,},
      title = {Police interrogation and American justice [electronic  resource] /},
      publisher = {Harvard University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 374 p.)},
      year = {2008},
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      abstract = {From the Publisher: "Read him his rights." We all  recognize this line from cop dramas. But what happens  afterward? In this book, Richard Leo sheds light on a  little-known corner of our criminal justice system-the  police interrogation. Incriminating statements are  necessary to solve crimes, but suspects almost never have  reason to provide them. Therefore, as Leo shows, crime  units have developed sophisticated interrogation methods  that rely on persuasion, manipulation, and deception to  move a subject from denial to admission, serving to shore  up the case against him. Ostensibly aimed at uncovering  truth, the structure of interrogation requires that  officers act as an arm of the prosecution. Skillful and  fair interrogation allows authorities to capture criminals  and deter future crime. But Leo draws on extensive research  to argue that confessions are inherently suspect and that  coercive interrogation has led to false confession and  wrongful conviction. He looks at police evidence in the  court, the nature and disappearance of the brutal "third  degree," the reforms of the mid-twentieth century, and how  police can persuade suspects to waive their Miranda rights.  An important study of the criminal justice system, Police  Interrogation and American Justice raises unsettling  questions. How should police be permitted to interrogate  when society needs both crime control and due process? How  can order be maintained yet justice served?},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351851},
}