There are many reasons why people falsely confess to crimes. This will include different analyzes of studies carried out by criminal psychologists to understand why some people are inclined to falsely confess to crimes. There are different characteristics to understand why people falsely confess to crimes such as: individual differences, personal and situational factors, and ethnicity. This essay also aims to identify what drives some individuals to confess to crimes they did not commit, even when those crimes can result in a long prison sentence. Experts in this field suggest that judicial blindness adds significantly to the reasons why people still falsely confess to crimes, whether it is the law enforcement investigator who continues to put pressure on a suspect or, often, an overzealous prosecutor who refuses to accept that the confession is a confession. not the facts of the case and many reasons. Throughout history we understand that a confession has been treated as a condemnation. The use of physical torture was widespread and was used as a means to extract confessions, and at that time all confessions were routinely admitted as evidence without doubt. However, gradually over the centuries, the status of confessions in the legal system changed from limiting the acceptability of ordinary confessions to proof by the courts in the mid-1700s, to completely excluding forced confessions between the mid to late 1800s. The main purpose of this essay is to examine and understand why innocent people sometimes confess to crimes they did not commit. This essay will also examine the factors that compel innocent suspects to make false statements and confess to crimes they did not commit during police interrogations...... middle of paper ...... suspects. In conclusion, there are many ways to understand why people falsely confess to crimes. The police and other investigative agencies play an important role in inducing false confessions. As the research in this essay has shown, individual differences, stereotype threats, personal and situational factors can explain why false confessions occur. The manner in which police and other law enforcement agencies investigate certain suspects must ensure that the conditions in which suspects are placed do not give them grounds to make false confessions. The different ways mentioned in this essay to understand why people falsely confess to crimes have great potential to improve legitimate contributions to improving criminal justice practices, as they can help reduce the number of suspects who end up in these difficult situations and must testify honestly..