http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/confessions Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 18 May 2026 00:13:54 -0400 Mon, 18 May 2026 00:13:54 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/682/wrongful-conviction-in-the-american-judicial-process-history-scope-and-analysis By Joshua A. Jones - This paper addresses the historical, current, and projected scope of wrongful convictions in the judicial process of the United States. Herein, numerous research studies are reviewed in order to identify the trend  of this problem, determine its origin, and propose solutions. Specifically, the paper addresses the implications of the expanding American custodial system and the decline in homicide clearance rates necessary for the efficacy of the current justice process. It further examines wrongful convictions as a social problem from an interactionist perspective concerning racial and economic... Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/682/wrongful-conviction-in-the-american-judicial-process-history-scope-and-analysis http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/31/sublime-inauthenticity-how-critical-is-truth-in-autobiography By Scott Berghegger - In the autobiography, time and history, at first glance, seem paramount. After all, autobiography is the account of the things that have happened in a person’s life, selected and made ready for public consumption, usually written in the first person. However, the understanding of autobiographical narratives can vary from story to story. Is the purpose of the autobiography to deduce truth from the myriad of subjective experiences surrounding history? Is it a self-searching exercise taken on by the most poetic and self-indulgent among us? How critical is memory, that fragile function of the... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:58 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/31/sublime-inauthenticity-how-critical-is-truth-in-autobiography