1. Non-accusatory
2. Dialogue - question and answer format
3. Goals
a. Elicit investigative and behavioral information
b. Assess the subject's truthfulness
c. Profile the subject for possible interrogation
4. Note-taking following each response
INTERROGATION
1. Accusatory
2. Monologue - discourage the suspect from talking until ready to tell the truth
3. Goals
a. Elicit the truth
b. Obtain a court-admissible confession if it is believed that the suspect is guilty
4. No note-taking until after the the suspect has told the truth
(this is the citing for the information above)
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Jayne, Brian C., and Joseph P. Buckley. "Chapter One." The Investigator Anthology: A Compilation of Articles and Essays about the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation.
Chicago, IL: John E. Reid and Associates, 1999. N. pag. Print.
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Both an interview as well as an interrogation are facilitated by analysis of investigative findings. Proper factual analysis assists the investigator in the following ways:
Eliminate improbable suspects
Develop possible suspects or leads
Increase confidence in identifying truthful or guilty suspects through the interview process
Identify proper interrogational strategies
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The nine steps of the Reid Techniques are:
1 Direct confrentation
2 deflection
3 dominance
4 turning objections into justifications
5 expressing empathy
6 offering alternative themes
7 posing the “alternative” question
8 repetition
9 documentation