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Fitness to Be Interviewed and Fitness to Be Charged

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The interview of suspects in police custody is an essential component of all systems of criminal investigation. The confessions and other incriminating statements that are obtained during these interviews have always played an important role in prosecutions and continue to be relied on as evidence of guilt in a substantial number of trials. Such interviews may also reveal evidence which establishes innocence or forms the basis of a successful plea to, or conviction for, a lesser offence.

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With acknowledgement to the previous co-author Dr. Guy Norfolk who was not involved in this edition.

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    Margaret M. Stark

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    Keith J. B. Rix

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Stark, M.M., Rix, K.J.B. (2020). Fitness to Be Interviewed and Fitness to Be Charged. In: Stark, M. (eds) Clinical Forensic Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29462-5_11

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