Imperial College London
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Rafael A. Gonzalez, PhD CPsychol

Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Centre

Honorary Clinical Lecturer
 
 
 
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@article{Gudjonsson:2015:10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8,
author = {Gudjonsson, GH and Sigurdsson, JF and Sigfusdottir, ID and Asgeirsdottir, BB and Gonzalez, RA and Young, SJ},
doi = {10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8},
journal = {Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology},
pages = {359--367},
title = {A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8},
volume = {51},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - PurposeThe principal aims of this study are to identify risk factors associated with police arrest and false confessions and to investigate whether the severity of the ADHD condition/symptoms increases the risk.Methods22,226 young persons in Iceland anonymously completed self-report questionnaires screening for conduct disorder and ADHD. In addition, they stated whether they had a diagnosis of ADHD and had received ADHD medication, and their history of offending, police interrogation and false confession. Participants were stratified into two age groups, 14–16 and 17–24 years.ResultsThe older group was significantly more likely to have been interrogated by the police but the younger group were much more vulnerable to false confession during interrogation. Males were more likely to be at risk for both than females. The severity of the ADHD condition increased the risk of both interrogation and false confession. Negative binomial regressions showed that age, gender, conduct disorder, offending, and ADHD symptoms were all significant predictors of both interrogations and number of false confessions. Conduct disorder was the single best predictor of police interrogation, but the findings were more mixed regarding false confessions. Young people presenting with a combination of severe ADHD and comorbid conduct disorder had the worst outcome for both interrogation and false confessions.ConclusionsThe findings endorse the need for support of persons with ADHD to be put in place to ensure fair due process and to prevent miscarriages of justice.
AU  - Gudjonsson,GH
AU  - Sigurdsson,JF
AU  - Sigfusdottir,ID
AU  - Asgeirsdottir,BB
AU  - Gonzalez,RA
AU  - Young,SJ
DO  - 10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8
EP  - 367
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1433-9285
SP  - 359
TI  - A national epidemiologial study investigating risk factors for police interrogation and false confession among juveniles and young persons
T2  - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1145-8
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/27431
VL  - 51
ER  -
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