False Confessions - Vol. 1: Why Innocent People Confess to Crimes They Didn't Commit

By M. K. Srivastava

How can an innocent person confess to a crime they did not commit?

False confessions are one of the most disturbing problems in criminal investigations. They challenge a basic assumption about human behavior: that people naturally protect themselves by telling the truth.

But a confession does not always begin with guilt.

False Confessions examines the behavioral science behind why innocent people sometimes admit to crimes they did not commit. It explores interrogation pressure, uncertainty, fatigue, false evidence, suggestibility, decision-making, memory, vulnerability, and the psychological consequences of being confronted with an accusation.

The book also examines the different pathways through which false confessions can occur and why a confession can become powerful evidence even when the underlying admission is unreliable.

Drawing on behavioral science research, documented cases, wrongful-conviction research, and contemporary scholarship, this book separates what researchers actually know from what popular culture assumes about interrogation and confession.

Inside this book, you will explore:

- Why innocence does not always protect a suspect from confessing
- How pressure can change decision-making
- What happens when questions become accusations
- Why false evidence can have powerful psychological effects
- How exhaustion can affect resistance and self-regulation
- The difference between voluntary, compliant, and internalized false confessions
- Why investigators and jurors may give confessions extraordinary weight
- How a confession can influence the interpretation of other evidence

This is not a book arguing that every confession is false or that every interrogation is improper.

It is an investigation into a more difficult question:

What happens when a confession sounds convincing-but the person confessing is innocent?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKGLQW2M
• ISBN13: 9798175845908
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"