Interrogation

different story to the investigator. She denied having anything to do with the leaflets. Furthermore, she said that she pushed the leaflets off as a prank, but she didn’t having anything to do with the message. She was under duress during her interrogation, “…resulting in a state of tension known as cognitive dissonance” (McLeod). Since she was uncomfortable, she attempted to reduce or eliminate the unpleasantness with the investigator, by lying. When the investigator asked if she read the…

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…

material is most relevant to the topic of interrogations and false confessions techniques that are used by law enforcement when evaluating criminal suspects. In the case that was presented about the Central Park Five documentary, it demonstrates how the legal system can fail, innocent suspect when it comes to interrogation methods, which leads to false confessions. An interrogation is to ask questions to a suspect. Therefore, some of the strategies of interrogations are first…

I choose to write about Douglas Starr’s responses to his interview with Terry Gross from Fresh Air about his article in the New Yorker called “Beyond Good Cop/ Bad Cop: A Look At Real-Life Interrogations.” Starr’s interview covered the topic “Do Police Interrogations Techniques Produce False Confessions?” The bottom line is yes. However, in this on air radio interview with Starr, he compares how two techniques frequently used by law enforcement in the United States with the Reid Method and…

going into the room of the suspect or a witness. Interrogators must also know whether or not the time they have will allow them to achieve what they have planned. It involves planning and having a cognitive strategy or procedure to apply during an interrogation. Both the Reid and the PEACE Model involve showing some degree of concern to the subject to make them feel comfortable talking to you and reduce their guilt. While Reid technique requires retaining the attention of a suspect through…

False confessions have become more prevalent in today’s world. With all of the technology advances today we have found out that we have convicted people who have falsely confessed. In Marion’s peer review article it says, “Since 1989, more than 1,400 wrongful convictions of innocent people have been exposed in the United States—either through DNA testing or via the discovery of other types of evidence” (Marion 65). However today we have organizations that are trying to help people with cases.…

The article “Inside Interrogation: The Lie, The Bluff, and False Confessions”, published by Jennifer Perillo, and Saul Kassin, discusses situations and potential contributors that can result in false confessions. Perillo and Kassin focus on what are called situational pressures, the use of false evidence, including the use of a fake witness, or false documented proof of the crime happening-also known as a bluff tactic- as risk factors for why people falsely confess to crimes they did not commit…

how interrogation techniques developed by the criminal justice famous interrogator John Reid developed America’s only some what successful system. However, scientific research has shown the flaws in his system. Reid’s historical data collected to produce his psychological predictors for verbal and physical reactions to determine if someone is lying or being evasive during questioning was determined to be skewed due to the outdated data. This was obviously proven in Reid’s initial interrogation…

Angelique Pinkstaff (“Pinkstaff”) began her employment with the City of Los Angeles with an original appointment as an Administrative Clerk (formerly Clerk Typist) with the Department of Transportation (DOT) on November 13, 2005. Pinkstaff received a 5th month probationary evaluation report in 2006 which is rated is “Standard”. Pinkstaff has no previous discipline or commendations. Case Summary: The current discipline relates to several incidents of Pinkstaff engaging in inappropriate…

What I gathered from reading about this technique along with the false confession cases was that the detectives appear to be trained to enter an interrogation under the assumption that the person in question is guilty. The detective's job is to get a confession-- not actually question the subject and gather information. This technique is in absolute contrast to what directly follows in our court system: "everyone is innocent until proven guilty." If you've already essentially been "proven"…