John E. Reid and Associates files lawsuit against James L. Trainum

Jan 20, 2025

John Reid and Associates Files a Defamation Lawsuit:

On December 18, 2024, John Reid and Associates, Inc. (“Reid”) filed a civil lawsuit for money damages against James L. Trainum in the Superior...

The Assessment of Disputed Confessions

Jan 20, 2025

Abstract

Claims of false confessions lead to individualized case assessment embedded in often-elusive understandings of the potential causes of false confessions. Details from undisputed false confessions are the source of empirical knowledge...

False Confessions: An Integrative Review of the Phenomenon

Jan 20, 2025

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

ACCESS

False Confessions: An Integrative Review of the

Phenomenon

Michael Welner1,2 | Matt DeLisi3

ABSTRACT

Confessions are an important evidentiary part of the legal process, and false...

Article Completely Misrepresents the Reid Technique

Jan 14, 2025

In an article entitled, False Confessions, Technology, and Where We Go From Here, written by Brian Wallace and published on January 13, 2025 online at WebProNews , the author describes a number...

"Solving Crimes in Deceptive Ways: Should Police Lie to Suspects to Prove Murder?” Reid Response

Jan 06, 2025

A recent article entitled, "Solving Crimes in Deceptive Ways: Should Police Lie to Suspects to Prove Murder?” by Clarence Walker was published Jan2, 2025 online at NewsBlaze

Here is our response (which...

Correcting the Record

Dec 30, 2024

On December 23, 2024, the Los Angeles Times published a story entitled “Cops lie to suspects during interrogations. Should detectives stick to the truth?”

The article describes a case in which a...

Why the Reid Technique is so Successful

Nov 16, 2024

We have posted a new Investigator Tip, "Why the Reid Technique is so Successful."

From the Tip, "One of the primary reasons that the Reid Technique is so successful in helping investigators...

The dark side of disaster: How to interrogate looters

Oct 31, 2024

(Origionaly published at PoliceOne.com, October 30, 2024, reprinted with permission)

Hurricanes Helen and Milton, as well as other natural disasters, cause a horrific loss of life and property. This chaos experienced by...

Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One and Two)

Oct 30, 2024

New Investigator Tip now posted:

Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One and Two)

In Part One of the Investigator Tip, Preparing to Testify in Confession Cases (Parts One...

The Reid Technique is a Non-confrontational, Non-accusatory Process

Oct 23, 2024

See the Investigator Tip and the video presentation on our You Tube channel for the entry, The Reid Technique is a Non-confrontational, Non-accusatory Process.

Survey Results from 31,000 Reid Interview and Interrogation Course Graduates

Oct 15, 2024

In September, 2024 we surveyed 31,000 individuals who had graduated from our training program, The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Advanced Interrogation Techniques. Here are the response results:

98.99% said that...

John E. Reid y Asociados se complace en anunciar nuestro programa de capacitación virtual en español de un día - La Técnica Reid de Entrevista de Investigación y Persuasión Positiva.

Sep 16, 2024

El programa será presentado en inglés por Joseph Buckley, Presidente de John E. Reid and Associates, con traducción simultánea al español.El cuaderno de trabajo estará en españolLas diapositivas de PowerPoint estarán en...

Information For Attorneys and Law Enforcement Officers regarding the Reid Technique and What False Confession Experts Say During Their Testimony and in Their Reports

Sep 10, 2024

The following are Investigator Tips that we have posted on our website in recent years that will provide helpful information to Law Enforcement Officers and Attorneys who deal with the issues of...

New Investigator Tips Recently Posted

Sep 10, 2024

The following are some of the recent Investigator Tips on reid.com

The Reid Technique is a Non-confrontational, Non-accusatory Process

The Reid Behavior Analysis Interview: Part 1: Do the Case...

Instructor Excellence

Sep 02, 2024

A Review of 692 Participant Evaluations from several of our June and July 2024 three and four day Interview and Interrogation courses indicated the following:

Host/Sponsor comments

Jul 29, 2024

Every year several hundred organizations host a Reid training program.... here are some of their comments:

False Confessions - the Issues to be Considered

Jul 28, 2024

Several years ago we posted on our YouTube channel, The Reid Technique Tips, a two part presentation on False Confessions - the issues to be considered.

The following is a document that...

Canada Judge Gets It Terribly Wrong

Jul 26, 2024

In a 2012 article that was recently re-published, the author referenced the Canadian judge’s decision in the Christa Lynn Chapple case as an example of the Court ruling that the Reid Technique...

The Reid Technique and Christopher Looney

Jul 11, 2024

Shocking way killer acted in police interviews unravelled by detectives Christopher Looney finally admitted killing his parents after investigators used a particular method

Britt Jones

The way that some killers...

What do the Participants Say about Reid Training Programs?

Jul 10, 2024

We recently reviewed the course evaluations that were completed by over 1700 individuals who attended one of our in-person 3 or 4-day training programs on The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and...

Correcting the record - Canadian Broadcasting Company story

May 29, 2024

On May 26, 2024, the Canadian Broadcasting News (CBC) posted an online story written by Caitlyn Gowriluk entitled, Admitted Winnipeg serial killer's lawyers tried to get confession thrown out before trial

From...