The National Registry of Exonerations tracks cases of individuals who have been wrongly convicted and exonerated since 1989. Their most recent report revealed that 12% of those exonerated gave false confessions. The current study used data from the National Registry of Exonerations and focused on a sample of 2,378 individuals convicted of felonies with a focus on sexual offenses, as such crimes tend to be viewed as particularly heinous with increased consequences for those convicted. After examining various legal and extralegal factors, the results showed that those accused of sexual offenses, particularly sexual murders, had a greater likelihood of giving a false confession than those accused of non‐sexual offenses. The likelihood of falsely confessing was higher among juveniles, those with mental illness and intellectual disabilities, and cases with multiple suspects. Females had a greater odds of falsely confessing to murder than males. Implications and recommendations are discussed.

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对与所谓的虚假供述相关的智力障碍和精神疾病的探索性检查。

国家赦免登记处追踪自1989年以来被错误定罪并获得无罪释放的个人的案件。他们的最新报告显示，有12％的被赦免者提供了虚假供认。当前的研究使用了国家赎罪登记处的数据，并重点研究了2378名被判犯有重罪的个人，重点是性犯罪，因为这类犯罪往往被认为特别令人发指，对被定罪者的后果越来越严重。在研究了各种法律和法外因素之后，结果表明，被指控犯有性罪行，特别是性谋杀罪的人比被告犯有非性犯罪罪的人更容易做出虚假的供认。在青少年，患有精神疾病和智力残疾的青少年中，错误认罪的可能性更高，以及有多个嫌疑人的案件。女性比男性错误地承认谋杀的可能性更高。讨论和建议。