What Words Should I Use When I start Positive Persuasion (Interrogation)?

The flexibility and effectiveness of the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation are what makes it the most widely used investigative interviewing technique in the world.

The Reid Nine-Steps of interrogation is a proven, structured approach that provides the investigator with a psychological road map to the truth. It has become the ‘gold standard’ to which all other methods are measured. This investigator tip will discuss the importance of Step One of the Reid Nine-Steps of interrogation. Although Step One is very brief, representing about ten seconds of the interrogation process, the language used in those ten seconds could make the difference between success and failure. There are three basic components to Step One: the opening statement, the observation, and the transition. This investigator tip will focus on the language used in the opening statement. We will discuss the observation and transition statement in future investigator tips.