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  • Chapter 9 - Richard III

  • from Part II - Thought Experiments and the Power of Context
  • Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book:
    Shakespeare and the Experimental Psychologist
    Published online:
    10 June 2021
    Print publication:
    10 June 2021, pp 131-149

  • Summary

    The play Richard III represents a thought experiment that brilliantly demonstrates the interdependence of the individual and social context. The potential dictator can only leap to power if and when the springboard to dictatorship becomes available. But as Stalin, Hitler, and many other cases attest, the potential dictator can become active and effective in manufacturing the springboard to dictatorship. Richard achieves this task step by step, starting by transforming the context of “peace” that does not suit him. He commits himself to creating a context of chaos, distrust, threats, deception, and violence. Richard is particularly effective at manipulating religion in order to help manufacture the springboard to dictatorship, which he uses to leap to power. The alliance of Richard with religious authority reflects the historic tendency for authoritarian strongmen to gain the support of certain religious groups.

  • 4 - Police interrogation of youth

    • By Allison D. Redlich, Policy Research Association, 345 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 USA, Steven Drizin, 357 E. Chicago Avenue Room 370 McCormick Chicago, IL 60611 USA
  • Edited by Carol L. Kessler, Columbia University, New York, Louis James Kraus, Rush University, Chicago
  • Book:
    The Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders
    Published online:
    11 August 2009
    Print publication:
    06 September 2007, pp 61-78

  • Summary

    This chapter focuses on two vulnerability characteristics, young age and mental health, that can place people in jeopardy in the interrogation room. The jeopardy that exists, and for which there are not suitable safeguards, is the risk of police eliciting false and coerced confessions. To understand why youthfulness and mental disorder can place people at risk in the interrogation room, the chapter first describes current police interrogation methods, which rely heavily on psychological manipulation. Next, it examines the unique characteristics of youth and mental illness in the context of current interrogation techniques, and indicates how the potential for miscarriages of justice are intensified. The chapter concludes with recommendations and ideas for future research. Before describing current police interrogation techniques, it provides several points that should be explicitly stated and that serve as a basis.