MOCK QUESTIONS INCLUDED:
1. Decisions to confess and make false confessions can be
considered rational processes.’ Critically discuss this
statement.
2. What interventions “work” in terms of rehabilitating
offenders and why?’
3. ‘What do we know about jury decision making and
what improvements can we suggest which might aid
their decision making?’
, 1. Decisions to confess and make false confessions can be
considered rational processes.’ Critically discuss this
statement.
DRAFT
1st paragraph: False confessions are amongst one of the xyz (introduce false confessions,
previous case, and introduce rational processes)
3rd paragraph: vulnerability which leads to confessions – those with xyz may be more subsceptible to
that they are making the right decision.
4th paragraph: past factors can link to one's reality changing therefore they believe that the
perceived situation did occur therefore leading to a false confession.
INTRO AND SO ON
False confessions have become increasingly common within the crime sector over the past few
decades. According to the National Registry of Exonerations (2019) 81% of people with mental
illness or intellectual disabilities offered false confession when they were accused of homicide.
At the forefront of false confessions is police interrogation. After establishing the Police and
Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act in 1984 which abolished physical coercion and deemed it
unacceptable from a human rights perspective, it was stated that the arrest, detaining,
interviewing and safeguarding would all be recorded to ensure appropriate interrogation
techniques were carried out and reduce risk of false confessions (Gavin, 2019) which is a waste
1. Decisions to confess and make false confessions can be
considered rational processes.’ Critically discuss this
statement.
2. What interventions “work” in terms of rehabilitating
offenders and why?’
3. ‘What do we know about jury decision making and
what improvements can we suggest which might aid
their decision making?’
, 1. Decisions to confess and make false confessions can be
considered rational processes.’ Critically discuss this
statement.
DRAFT
1st paragraph: False confessions are amongst one of the xyz (introduce false confessions,
previous case, and introduce rational processes)
3rd paragraph: vulnerability which leads to confessions – those with xyz may be more subsceptible to
that they are making the right decision.
4th paragraph: past factors can link to one's reality changing therefore they believe that the
perceived situation did occur therefore leading to a false confession.
INTRO AND SO ON
False confessions have become increasingly common within the crime sector over the past few
decades. According to the National Registry of Exonerations (2019) 81% of people with mental
illness or intellectual disabilities offered false confession when they were accused of homicide.
At the forefront of false confessions is police interrogation. After establishing the Police and
Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act in 1984 which abolished physical coercion and deemed it
unacceptable from a human rights perspective, it was stated that the arrest, detaining,
interviewing and safeguarding would all be recorded to ensure appropriate interrogation
techniques were carried out and reduce risk of false confessions (Gavin, 2019) which is a waste
