Criminal Behavior Analysis Essay

This information can be helpful if there needs to be an interrogation by identifying certain characteristics about both the suspect and the crime that was committed (Orlando, n.d.).
Another technique that the Reid Technique uses, the behavior analysis interview, is a non-accusatory interview. The criminal investigator will ask background questions. In other words, ask personal questions of the suspect that will allow the criminal investigator to evaluate the suspect’s “normal” verbal and nonverbal behaviors. These are followed up by “behavior-provoking” questions to provoke different behaviors from the suspect than the background questions would. In doing this the criminal investigator is able to better differentiate the truthful from the …show more content…
An interrogation using the Reid Technique follows nine steps. These steps are as follows: the positive confrontation, theme development, handling denials, overcoming objections, procurement and retention of suspect’s attention, handling the suspect’s passive mood, presenting an alternative question, having the suspect orally relate various details of the offense, and converting an oral confession to a written confession (Orlando, …show more content…
These criticisms are due in part to the fact that these techniques could lead to false confessions. Redlich and Meissner (n.d.) state that “over the past decade, the topics of false confessions and police interrogations have received a great deal of deserved attention.” One of the areas of criticism used against some of the interview and interrogation techniques is that criminal investigators could read negative behaviors from a suspect as signs of guilt or deception. However, these “signs” could also be due to nervousness, stress, or just due to being uncomfortable. Therefore, critics do not believe that criminal investigators are adept in detecting deception (Redlich & Meissner,