Abstract
This chapter will consider miscarriages of justice primarily in the United Kingdom and the response by its government and criminal justice agencies. We will examine:
• what constitutes a miscarriage of justice;
• concerns about police competence in criminal investigations;
• the over-reliance on confession evidence in adversarial systems of justice;
• UK legislation regulating custodial questioning;
• the new genre of miscarriages in the UK: witness interviewing practices;
• factors contributing to miscarriages of justice in the USA;
• USA/UK responses to miscarriages of justice;
• opportunities for greater involvement of forensic psychologists in the future to minimise miscarriages of justice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Forensic psychology: concepts, debates and practice |
| Editors | J. Adler, J. Gray |
| Place of Publication | Cullompton |
| Publisher | Willan Publishing |
| Pages | 17-37 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781843929307 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
