The Reid App has been updated (October 2022). Here is the Table of Contents:

Overview of the Reid Technique

• Fact Analysis
• The Behavior Analysis Interview
• The Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation

Behavior Symptom Analysis

• Guidelines
• Evaluating a Suspect’s Attitudes
• Evaluating Verbal Behavior
• Evaluating Paralinguistic Behavior
• Evaluating Nonverbal Behavior
• Behavioral Models

List of Crimes*

• Arson
• Auto Theft
• Burglary
• Child Abuse (sexual)
• Child Abuse (physical)
• Credit Card and Check Fraud
• Disclosure of Proprietary Information
• Domestic Violence
• Drug/Narcotic Cases
• Elder Abuse
• Embezzlement
• Employee Theft
• Environmental Crimes
• Fabricated Claims (Suspected)
• Forgery
• Fraud (Healthcare, Welfare, Insurance)
• Homicide
• Identity Theft
• Juvenile Cases
• Kidnapping
• Product Tampering
• Robbery
• Sabotage
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Harassment
• Smuggling
• Utility Theft
• Vandalism

* (For each of these crimes we list the investigative information that the investigator should develop; the phrasing of the Behavior Provoking questions; Interrogation Themes and Alternative Questions. As an example, the PDF document below illustrates this information for an Arson investigation.)

The Reid Technique Tips

This section links you to over 30 video presentations on our YouTube channel, including the following:

• Description of the Reid Technique

• The Core Principles of the Reid Technique

• Best Practices

• How the Courts View the Reid Technique

• What is the Non-Confrontational Approach?

• There is no behavior unique to lying

• Questioning Juvenile Offenders

• Projection and Rationalization

• Guilt presumptive Approach, Privacy and the Purpose of an Interrogation

• Minimization and Contamination

• Is it permissible to lie to a suspect about evidence?

• What Questions should be asked to determine the Voluntariness and Validity of a Subject’s Confession

• Research Confirming the Reid Technique Process

• Reid is the Benchmark for Proper Procedure

• Investigator Tips

• Cognitive Interviewing

• The Reid P.E.A.C.E. Method of Investigative Interviews

Supplemental Information

• Special Precautions When Interviewing Juveniles and Mentally Impaired Individuals
• Clarifying Misrepresentations About Law Enforcement Interrogation Techniques
• Personality Disorders
• Legal Updates
• What’s New
• Investigator Tips
• The Critics Corner

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