Trends in large-scale historical data reveal continuities and changes in the prosecution process that might otherwise pass unnoticed. A significant trend emerging from the Prosecution Project database is the dramatic acceleration of early guilty pleas in Queensland's Supreme Court from the late 1940s. An examination of detectives’ testimony provides unique evidence of the police investigation and interrogation practices underpinning this phenomenon. Confession evidence dominated the police prosecution case during this period, specifically verbal confessions. A close reading of these texts suggests that some Queensland police engaged in police ‘verballing’ practices much earlier than identified by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption. I argue that process corruption had tangible results by transforming the prosecution process from an adversarial to a guilty plea system.

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“我没有说我只需要在法庭上发誓就可以了”：昆士兰法院的警察口头表达做法，1926-61

大规模历史数据的趋势揭示了起诉过程的连续性和变化，否则可能会被忽视。检控项目数据库中出现的一个重要趋势是，从 1940 年代后期开始，昆士兰最高法院早期认罪的速度急剧加快。对侦探证词的检查提供了支持这种现象的警方调查和审讯做法的独特证据。在此期间，警方起诉案件中的供述证据占主导地位，特别是口头供述。仔细阅读这些文本表明，一些昆士兰州警察参与警察“口头”行为的时间比菲茨杰拉德对警察腐败的调查所确定的要早得多。