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Interrogation
Investigators' Demeanor During Interviews and Interrogations
Aug 10, 2022
This article explores how an investigator's own bearing and emotional self-control promote mutuality of respect with even the toughest of subjects and enhance the productivity of every questioning session.
The ability...
Principles of Practice: How to Conduct Proper Investigative Interviews and Interrogations
Apr 25, 2022
Principles of Practice: How to Conduct Proper Investigative Interviews and Interrogations
Since 1947 John E. Reid and Associates has been conducting investigative interviews and when appropriate, interrogations.
Since the mid 1970's we...
Resistance to Elicitation and Interrogation
Mar 25, 2022
APA Magazine, January/February, 2022, Vol. 55.1; reprint courtesy of American Polygraph Association, copyright reserved
In order to maintain their cover, particularly during deployment, Intelligence Officers and Special Operations Forces must always be...
Conducting Effective Interviews and Interrogations
Jan 26, 2022
The following are guidelines, procedures and best practices that all investigators should follow:
[Absent a life-saving circumstance conduct an interview before an interrogation.]
The Essential Elements of the Investigative Interview
Conduct investigative...Over 50 Free Reid Video Presentations
Jan 24, 2022
Below you will find over 30 helpful video tips on our YouTube page now organized in 6 Playlists:
1. Who are We and What is The Reid Technique
About the...Blame the Suspect’s Perception of the Victim’s Actions and Behavior in Sexual Assault Interrogations
Aug 25, 2021
One of the fundamental principles of Theme Development, (Step 2 of the Reid Nine-Steps of Interrogation), is to shift the blame for the suspect’s criminal behavior to someone or something other than...
False Confessions: The Issues to be Considered
Jun 01, 2021
False Confessions – The Issues to be Considered
In this document we discuss the primary causes of and contributing factors to false confessions, and the Best Practices to follow to...
Understanding the Criminal Mind
Mar 31, 2021
Understanding The Criminal Mind
The courts have demonstrated an understanding that there must be a balance between a criminal suspect’s desire to avoid punishment for the crimes they commit by denying...
25 Reid Video Tips
Jan 11, 2021
September October 2020 Investigator Tip
The September/October 2020 Investigator Tip provides you with links to 25 brief video presentations from our YouTube channel - The Reid Technique Tips, that...
The foundation for all effective interrogation techniques - projection and rationalization
Jan 11, 2021
As a youngster we have all had the experience of hitting one of our siblings, and then when questioned by our parents we justified our actions by saying, “he hit me first.”...
Personality Disorders
Sep 01, 2019
(This Investigator Tip consists of selections from a chapter in our book, The Investigator Anthology)
While both psychologically healthy and psychologically impaired individuals can be guilty of a crime, in many...
What Questions Should be Asked to Determine the Voluntariness and Validity of a Subject’s Confession?
Aug 01, 2019
While there are numerous issues to consider in the process of evaluating the voluntariness and validity of a subject’s confession, the following questions may be helpful in making such an assessment.
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The Non-Confrontational Approach
Apr 16, 2019
The Non-Confrontational Interview
John E. Reid and his colleague, Northwestern Professor of Law Fred E. Inbau, developed the non-confrontational interview as an integral part of any questioning of a subject in...
A Description of The Reid Technique
Nov 01, 2018
The Reid Technique is oftentimes just thought of and is frequently referred to as simply an interrogation process - it is much more than that. The Reid Technique is a structured interview...
Gang Crime Interrogation
Sep 01, 2018
Gang-related homicides and assaults are frequently motivated by revenge for acts committed by rival gangs against members of a suspect’s crew. Through effective theme development, an interrogator uses sound reasoning...
Human Trafficking Investigations: Interrogation Themes that Get Confessions
Jul 02, 2018
An astute investigator alert to the signs of human trafficking can launch a line of questioning designed to reveal the offender’s conduct
Human traffickers can abduct or lure susceptible individuals for many...
Clarifying Misrepresentations About Law Enforcement Interrogation Techniques
Mar 01, 2018
Over the years social psychologists, defenses attorneys and some academicians have offered a number of criticisms of current law enforcement interrogation practices, and, in particular, the Reid Technique. Some of these criticisms...
What Words Should I Use When I start Positive Persuasion (Interrogation) ?
Jan 01, 2018
The flexibility and effectiveness of the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation is what makes it the most widely used investigative interviewing technique in the world.
The Reid Nine-Steps of...
The Fundamental Foundation of THE REID TECHNIQUE OF INTERROGATION®: Empathy and Understanding
Sep 01, 2017
The Reid Technique consists of a three-phase process beginning with Fact Analysis, followed by the Behavior Analysis Interview (which is a non-accusatory interview designed to develop investigative and behavioral information), followed by...
Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Obtaining a Reliable Confession
Jan 01, 2017
Physical coercion, torture, duress, denial of rights, threats, and promises of leniency are the poison pills of legally admissible, reliable, and voluntary confessions. Obviously we should not engage in such behaviors or...