Police interviewing in SpainA self-Report survey of police practices and beliefs

  1. Jennifer M. Schell-Leugers
  2. Jaume Masip
  3. José L. González
  4. Miet Vanderhallen
  5. Saul M. Kassin
Revista:
Anuario de psicología jurídica

ISSN: 1133-0740

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 33

Páginas: 27-40

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/APJ2022A4 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Anuario de psicología jurídica

Resumen

Durante décadas, la ciencia psicológica ha acumulado numerosos conocimientos sobre entrevistas policiales, detección de mentiras y confesiones. Sin embargo, se desconoce si las prácticas y creencias de las fuerzas policiales europeas coinciden con las recomendaciones derivadas de esta investigación. Este estudio forma parte de una investigación más amplia que examina las prácticas y creencias de investigadores policiales en Europa. Administramos un cuestionario online a guardias civiles (n = 89) y policías nacionales (n = 126) de la policía judicial. En el cuestionario se preguntaba por la duración, frecuencia y grabación de las entrevistas, la invocación del derecho a guardar silencio por parte de los sospechosos, la capacidad autoinformada de los policías para diferenciar entre verdades y mentiras, la frecuencia de confesiones (falsas) y el empleo de tácticas concretas de entrevista. Los resultados ofrecen información sobre los conocimientos y prácticas de los investigadores, destacan sus necesidades y permiten comparar las fuerzas policiales europeas y norteamericanas.

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