False light

A confession is a written or oral formal statement where a suspect admits that they are guilty of a crime, a false confession is admitting to a criminal act that one did not commit. False confessions are usually brought on by coercion, contamination or misclassification. There are three types of false confession; voluntary, persuaded, or compliant. Voluntary confessions are given usually under little police pressure, these confessions are brought on by the persons desire to be noticed(fame),…

False Confessions While Interrogating Juveniles The interrogation of juveniles has and will continue to be a sensitive subject for all parties involved. Whether it is to obtain critical information that could lead to the closing of a case or possibly even the child is the perpetrator themselves, the question of when legal or guardian representation for the child should be present is a differing matter amongst almost every state in the union. There are times when such interrogations can lead to…

Leo Tolstoy and James Joyce both use the aspect of light and darkness as symbols in their stories to represent the characters and their feelings. In The Death of Ivan and Ilyich, one of the symbols Tolstoy uses is the black sack. This sack was a long narrow sack that was never ending and the character in the story, Ivan, experiences going through this black sack twice. The first time he experiences going through this sack was right after he was given a medicine, opium. Ivan falls into the black…

Color skepticism is the belief that nothing truly possesses colors, since they are merely appearances to the perceiver. Although this is a sole belief on its own, there are many ways in which people have attempted to prove its validity. Some points of view include considering the scientific process behind the perception of color, while others, through a scientific lens, concentrate on what color really is, including its potential properties. However, I believe that the theory that is the most…

The question ‘’ how can we see black holes if the suck in light?’’ has been asked by a lot of people for many years, this question can be answered with a very simple answer, we use specialist equipment to detect the effects of a black hole these range from swirling gas called ‘matter swirling’ to hole star being…

disturbance of energy. Sound and light are both disturbances in energy, and they both travel in the forms of waves. While sound travels in a longitudinal wave, light travels through a transverse wave. From a perspective of a human, sound and light on earth is very different compared to sound and light in space. These waves have differences in speed, form, shape, and other properties. Despite many of the differences, sound and light are very similar to each other. Light is a disturbance in…

clock balanced with the intense yellow of the floor help to illustrate how brightly the room was filled with artificial light while still making the viewer feel that no natural light is entering the room. Caillebotte uses color very differently from Van Gogh’s painting but is just as effective in portraying his message to the viewer. Instead of filling the room with artificial light, the room is lit softly by the sun passing…

We basically see a day in Paris; from the bright and busy mornings, to the rainy and peaceful afternoons, and then the evenings, that display the city of lights at its best. The beginning sequence then turns into the credits in which we hear a voice-over. The voice-over is a conversation between Gil and Inez; Gil is basically trying to persuade Inez of the wonders of Paris and to agree to move to Paris after…

Advertising has been a part of society for a long time. This powerful form of communication reaches millions of people, informing and persuading them to purchase a product or service. Advertisements have never been as powerful and persuasive as it is today. The availability of many different products makes it very challenging to induce consumers to try something new on the market. Advertisers compete with each other like never before trying to gain the customers’ attention. They are tempted to…

In the article, Kassin (2005) explicates on the interrogation process of accusers in crimes and the psychology behind innocent individuals who falsely “confess” to those crimes. Kassin also explains the results of multiple studies that test the accuracy of police investigators in the pre interrogation interview, the tendency of the accused to waive their Miranda rights, and the likelihood of detectives presuming the suspect’s guilt after the first two prior steps. With such cases such as the…