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    In the current times of criminal investigation‚ the interview is very important in making or breaking the case at hand. Many of the processes that police or criminal investigators use today tend to relate to a psychological tactic that breaks down their suspects. However‚ how far can the police or an investigator go before it is too much on the suspect? The whole purpose of an interview is to gather information about a crime and attempt to make sense of the crime. Nonetheless‚ investigation will

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    Notes on Jaws

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    mother was shouting ‘Alex‚ Alex‚ Alex’. She knew who her son was‚ very well‚ yet the first attack the boy who was the only one who could have potentially saved the victim had to ask for her name. This illustrates how different the two attacks were. False/Fake alerts Screaming makes you alert and suddenly aware of what is happening. Another technique Speilberg uses to catch your attention. There are a few fake attacks/alerts which have been proposed in the film of ‘Jaws’. Firstly‚ just before the first

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    Truth about advertisement

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    Advertising. Defined by the Wikipedia as "the business of drawing public attention to goods and services‚ and performed through a variety of media." An extremely powerful communication tool capable‚ as we all know‚ of making "adult men and women ready to sign documents they do not read‚ at the behest of salesmen they do not know‚ binding them to pay for articles they do not want‚ with money which they do not have." With the increased range of media available and the proliferation of television

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    The Role Media Played on the Conviction of the “Central Park Five”. In the spring of 1989‚ a 28 year old white woman named Trisha Meili‚ who was out jogging in Central Park‚ was raped‚ brutally beaten‚ and left for dead. On that same night‚ a large group of young people from Harlem had also been in the park with the intent of causing mayhem‚ or “wilding”. In a city where urban crime had reached its maximum and where violence had become commonplace‚ “wilding” was defined as a new trend among teenagers

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    The Reid Technique of Interviewing is a method of interrogation and interview that was developed in 1947 by John E. Reid. This method is “the most widely used approach to question subjects in the world” (http://www.reid.com/r_about.html). According to Reid there are nine steps of the interrogation process that are used‚ along with training in behavior analysis‚ to recognize behaviors that may indicate guilt or telling of a lie. The nine steps are: (1) Direct Positive Confrontation -- Presentation

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    companies and advertising agents become increasingly profit-driven‚ advertisements now contain false information‚ promote biased ideas and sometimes even deveice consumers‚ in order to sell products. Even some non-commercial advertisements are not telling the complete truth‚ in order to grab people’s attentions. Many advertisements tend to tell “partial truth” about their products‚ which equates to false information that would mislead viewers. To increase revenue and maximise profits‚ advertising

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    Making A Case 119443567945 Profiling Suspect Evidence Witness Evidence Lie Detection - VrijInterrogation - Inbau False Confession - RussanoFaces - FroudWeapons Focus - PickelCognitive Interview - GeiselmanTop Down - Douglas Bottom Up - Godwin Case Study – WM3 (Turvey) Making A Case 1 – Profiling What you need to know: What is the top down method and an example of it in practice? What is the bottom up method and an example of it in practice? An example of a profile Serial Killers

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    Deceptive Advertising

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    mark down the price and maybe put the product in an eye-catching box or make up a catchy slogan. A lot of consumers can see right through this scheme‚ but most do not. While many of these advertisements honestly inform and educate consumers‚ some are false‚ deceptive and even illegal. The advertisement does not necessarily have to cause actual deception‚ but according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)‚ the act need only likely mislead the consumer

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    Doctor in the House

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    The Analysis of “Doctor in the House” The analyzed text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer. His own life was closely connected with medicine and he had also gone through such examinations that is why the characters and the situation are true to life. The author has selected the first person narrative‚ but it is combined with several lines of dialogues. Despite the fact that we see the story through the eyes of the main character‚ we

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    whether minors are ever competent to make knowing‚ intelligent and voluntary waivers of their rights. Because of their incompetence‚ investigators use interrogative tactics to their advantage. Such tactics include misrepresenting facts‚ presenting false evidence‚ lying‚ deceit and psychological tactics and strategies to heighten adolescents stress and anxiety to manipulate their vulnerabilities to obtain confessions (Critics lament that

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