Law enforcement agencies have strategies such as psychological behavior and cognitive behavior in interrogation. Interrogation is a guilt presumptive process focusing mainly on extracting information from suspects. In criminal court they want to collect admissible evidence and charge the defendant with that crime.…
Yesterday there was an interview of the private detective Nudger and eyewitness Hammersmith about the murder in liquor store. Last evening at 7:30 p.m. in police office Mr. Nudger had an interview with eyewitness Hammersmith. He had an argument with Curtis Colt, who is not a murderer and they can’t put him in the electric chair. An interview was in the interrogation room. In the interrogation room there was a secret window where others officers could see them.…
Being cautious and prepared is key for interrogating suspects. The interrogation location should be free from distractions or interruptions. The interrogation room should be well lit and secure. It's important that the officer not ask close ended questions. Asking closed ended questions will lead to short yes or no responses. Asking open ended questions will lead to a broader response and more information will likely come out. Taking notes and recording the interrogation is also key. Although there are many types of interrogation techniques, the officers should discuss the role they will be playing before hand. They can decide which type of interrogation technique will bring out the best results. -WRITTEN AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION-METHODS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT By Harvey Wallace and Cliff Roberson(CHAPTER 9 PAGES 139-145)…
Robert Morgan claims that the problems caused by westward expansion were not the fault of a few famous people but of common citizens.The claims of Robert Morgan are reasonable. To support this claim,the three text used will be, “ Thomas Jefferson’s America, 1801” --Stephen Ambrose, “Reporting to the President, September 23- December 31, 1806” (pages 418-21) -- Stephen Ambrose, and “ Chief Joseph Speaks…” --Chief Joseph.…
The questionable police practices are mainly focused on the interview process of the witnesses. One issue was the used of Reid Technique for eyewitnesses. Reid technique is a series of…
This further illustrates that police officers can use multiple tactics other than simple questioning such as deception, a list of narratives, and open-ended questions. Suspects might admit that committing the crime for multiple reasons including mental illness, desire for attention, and to protect loved ones. Corroborated and nonpublic facts are based on police not disclosing facts to the public and how the confessions can be contaminated through the police or expert evidence can all lead to false confessions (Garrett,…
There are circumstance’s where the investigator may go directly from an interview to an interrogation occurs when the suspect exhibits a clear indication of wanting to confess during the interview. This could possibly occur early during an interview when the suspect becomes confused, attempting to change his alibi or perhaps when he is asked a question such as “why where your prints located on a piece of paper underneath the body of the deceased victim)?” and the suspect puts his head down and simply shakes his head implying a denial. At any moment an interview can become an interrogation, there are situations where an investigator may go directly from an interview and into an interrogation, or take a pause between the two.…
1) What police procedures are used during arrests, and how do these procedures lead people to feel confused, fearful, and dehumanized?…
Quayle, J. (2008). Interviewing a Psychopathic Suspect. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 5, 79-91. doi:10.1002/jip…
3. What are the three guidelines for police questioning of suspects as set forth in…
13. Which aspect of police interrogation procedures do you consider to be most troublesome or…
Kamira, J. (2002). Revisiting the Interview - Cognitive Interviewing and Communication for General Duties Police. (In Print.)…
necessary. For example the police come across two young girls in a park smoking marijuana.…
Leo, PH.D., J.D. and Brittany Liu, B.A, two hundred and sixty-four jury-eligible students from a large university in southern California completed a study. Some categories of interrogation tactics were Accusation/re-accusation, challenging denials, Confrontation with true evidence of guilt, Confrontation with false evidence of guilt, promises of leniency and Threats/use of harm. With a mean age of 19.78 years, 64% male and all from different backgrounds who were either victims of a crime or been on a jury themselves agreed that “For false confessions, threats of harm were believed to be more likely to elicit a false confession than all other tactics.”. (What do potential jurors know about police interrogation techniques and false confessions? Page 388 Lines 15-17) Participations in the study acknowledged that interrogation techniques can be psychosocially coercive, but believed that the techniques are not likely to cause a false confession. When a confession is supported with information from expert witnesses, jurors are able to put emotions aside and use their intuition to come up with an idea of whether the confession was coercive or…
Police deception has and always will be a topic of discussion amongst the law enforcement community and the public we serve, protect, and prosecute. Police deception has been used as a tool to determine involvement as well a tool for apprehension. The use of undercover operations and entrapment situations to aid in the apprehension of criminals has become commonplace. So is deception by law enforcement reasonable in police interrogation and when is deception appropriate in this constraint? From a utilitarian view one can consider the positive outcomes that using deceptive tactics can produce, in some situations these positive outcomes are far greater than the negative. Taking a look at the use of deception tactics from a deontological…