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Protect the Innocent and Identify the Guilty
Jul 01, 2026
Protect the Innocent and Identify the Guilty………
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The Reid Technique Investigator Tips Arranged by Topic
Jun 25, 2026
The Reid Technique Investigator Tips Arranged by Topic
Since January 1, 1999, we have published 244 Investigator Tips on our website, www.reid.com. We have listed many of them here by category for...
Misinformation About the Reid Technique
Jun 18, 2026
Misinformation About the Reid Technique
In a 2024 academic study, the authors reported that the Reid Technique oftentimes results in false confessions. When you read the details of the study, it becomes...
New Investigator Tips
Jun 09, 2026
The following are several Investigator Tips that we have posted:
False Confessions: Causes and Remedies
Does a Suspect's Internal Hope of Benefit Nullify the Confession?
FACT SHEET: The Reid Technique
...False Confessions: Causes and Remedies
May 08, 2026
False Confessions: Causes and Remedies
The Reid Technique of Interviewing and interrogation is the most effective process to guard against false confessions, ensure the protection of the innocent, and identify the guilty...
Proposed legislation to prohibit deception when questioning individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism
Apr 14, 2026
(April 2026) Pennsylvania: House Bill 1247 prohibits law enforcement from knowingly using deception during custodial interrogations of individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. The bill also establishes a presumption that confessions obtained...
New Investigator Tips
Mar 10, 2026
Several new Investigator Tips have been published:
A review of State Supreme Court and Appellate Court Decisions that Refer to the Reid Technique
The Reid Technique – A Two-Phase Process
What Defense...
REID TECHNIQUE VINDICATED IN COURT RULING
Feb 26, 2026
REID TECHNIQUE VINDICATED IN COURT RULING
On November 18, 2025, Associate Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia decided that derogatory statements about...
A Description of the Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation
Feb 23, 2026
Over the years we have published numerous Investigator Tips and What's New entries on our website detailing the procedures, processes and
safeguards of the Reid Technique for both the Investigative Interview...
Protecting the Innocent
Feb 23, 2026
For nearly eight decades, John E. Reid & Associates, Inc. has set the standard for ethical and effective investigative interviewing. Our longevity is rooted in a simple principle: a commitment...
Coercive Interrgoations / Reid Principles of Practice
Feb 23, 2026
"Coercive Investigator Behaviors That Can Cause False Confessions" "Reid Core Principles and Best Practices to Prevent False Confessions" / Reid Principles of Practice
Another Erroneous, Inaccurate and Significantly Flawed Description of the Reid Technique
Feb 06, 2026
In an article entitled, Forensic Psychology: The Reid Technique, by Jason Frowley, he makes numerous misinformed and erroneous statements about the Reid Technique.
For example, he writes that the decision to...
A Classic Example of Falsely Attributing the Reid Technique to a Defective Interrogation
Jan 15, 2026
In a paper entitled, The First Wrongful Conviction, by Amy Galea, Psychology, Crime and Law (Dr Alina Ewald, School of Psychology), Western Sydney University, the author examines the Earl Washington, Jr. case...
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office introducing internal policy to reduce risk of false confessions, protect children’s constitutional rights
Dec 18, 2025
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office introducing internal policy to reduce risk of false confessions, protect children’s constitutional rights
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced a new internal policy that...
NBC story contains erroneous statements about the Reid Technique
Dec 08, 2025
NBC story contains erroneous statements about the Reid Technique
In a recent episode of Dateline, the story entitled “The Ruse,” focused on the interrogation and false confession of a man identified as...
Miranda Rights - Protection Guides for Youth and Professionals
Dec 01, 2025
California's SB 203, passed in 2020, requires all youth under the age of 18 to consult with an attorney before waiving their rights during a custodial interrogation. The National Center for Youth...
Summary of Investigator Tips Regarding Criticisms of the Reid Technique and Our Responses
Nov 03, 2025
A Description of the Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation
Over the years we have published numerous Investigator Tips and What's New entries on our website detailing the procedures, processes...
John E. Reid & Associates is HIRING
Sep 04, 2025
John E. Reid and Associates is actively seeking to fill an immediate opening for a part-time instructor based in the Illinois/Indiana region to teach our nationally recognized Interviewing and Interrogation training programs...
The Invetigator's Notebook
Sep 03, 2025
Our new Investigator Tip is entitled, The Investigator’s Notebook which consists of over 190 Investigator Tips organized in a sequence that reflects the various stages of an investigation. Please feel free to...
Article Removed
Aug 27, 2025
In June 2025 we had published an article entitled "Police Chief Magazine Endorses the Foundation of the Reid Technique". We were recently notified by Police Chief magazine that the organization does not...
NilePost Article Completely Misrepresents the Reid Technique.
Aug 16, 2025
In a recent article published in the NilePost on August 14, 2025, Why do Innocent People Confess to Crimes They Didn’t Commit, the author Richard Musaazi, completely misrepresents the Reid Technique, stating...