Integrated Decision Making of a False Confession: From the Perspective of Information Framing

In recent years, the numerous occurrences of criminal misjudged cases in China has not only violated legitimate rights and interests, but also has caused severe challenges to criminal justice and authority. The adoption of a defendant's false confession as evidence for case determination was the root cause of misjudged cases in China. However, at present, few studies have explained the psychological mechanism of a false confession or the proposed effective measure for its intervention. In this article, we discuss the approach to decrease false confession decision making from the perspective of framing effect. That is, the integration of probability discounting and delay discounting follows the principle of addition or multiplication when making a decision of false confession. This research contributes to promoting theoretical construction and development of confession psychology and providing new ideas for solving false confessions.