Police Deception: A Survey of EKU Students

<p>Abstract </p> <p>Police deception has been both good and bad for society. Deceptive interrogation is an effective method of gaining confessions and convictions. It is also dangerous in that it raises the potential for false confessions, damages police-citizen relationships, damages case strength, and encourages lying in other aspects of policing. The purpose of the study was to gauge the opinions of students regarding deceptive interrogation by police. A survey was administered to a purposive sample of undergraduates at Eastern Kentucky University. The survey asked questions regarding the students' level of approval toward different scenarios of police deception. It also asked some general questions regarding the police and lying. The sample's average responses indicated negative to neutral feelings of police use of deception. In no circumstance did the sample's average responses approve of deception by police. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Justice Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Nicholson, Jason Anthony

• Deceptive Interrogation
• Survey
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Law Enforcement and Corrections

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 Jason Anthony Nicholson

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/198

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1196