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Practiced worldwide, the Reid Technique® is the leading approach to interview and interrogation practices. Since 1962, hundreds of thousands of investigators have received training in the Reid Technique through Criminal Interrogation and Confessions. Now for the first time, an abridged version of this best-seller is available from the experts at John E. Reid and Associates, Inc.
Essentials of the Reid Technique teaches readers how to spot and interpret verbal and nonverbal behaviors of both deceptive and truthful people, and how to move toward obtaining solid confessions from guilty persons. The Reid Technique is built around basic psychological principles and presents interrogation as an easily understood nine-step process. Separated into two parts, What You Need to Know About Interrogation and Employing the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation, this book will help readers understand the effective and proper way that a suspect should be interrogated and the safeguards that should be in place to ensure the integrity of the confession.
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I What You Need to Know About Interrogation
Chapter 1. Distinctions Between Interviews and Interrogations
Chapter 2. The Importance of Obtaining and Evaluating Factual Information
Chapter 3. Privacy and the Interview Room
Chapter 4. Qualifications, Attitude, and General Conduct of the Investigator
Chapter 5. Preparation and Starting the Interview
Chapter 6. Formulation of Interview Questions
Chapter 7. Behavior Symptom Analysis
Chapter 8. Behavior Symptoms of Truthful and Untruthful Subjects
Part II Employing the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation
Chapter 12. Step 3: Handling Denials
Chapter 13. Step 4: Overcoming Objections
Chapter 14. Step 5: Procurement and Retention of the Suspect’s Attention
Chapter 15. Step 6: Handling the Suspect’s Passive Mood
Chapter 16. Step 7: Presenting an Alternative Question
Chapter 17. Step 8: Having the Suspect Relate Details of the Offense
Chapter 18. Step 9: Converting an Oral Confession into a Written Confession
Part II Exercises
Appendix A False Confession Cases: The Issues
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 253
Copyright: 2005
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