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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...
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84% of surveyed participants rate the Reid seminar better than any other training that they received on interview and interrogation techniques
May 30, 2012
84% of surveyed participants rate the Reid seminar better than any other training that they received on interview and interrogation techniques
In April 2012 we included the following survey question in...
Example of how false confession experts misrepresent the Reid Technique - Dr. Solomon Fulero
May 14, 2012
In the case State v. Wright (Jan. 2012) Dr. Solomon Fulero, Professor of Psychology at Sinclair College, offered testimony about the Reid Technique - his testimony (quoted below) provides a perfect example...
Miranda: Admissibility of Expert Testimony on False Confessions; Failure of Expert To Offer Case and Fact-Specific Basis for His Expert Testimony; Exclusion of Pro-Offered Expert Testimony; Dr. Ofshe <i>People v. Bedessie</i>, No. 46 (N.Y. Court of
May 06, 2012
Attorney James Manak writes a monthly legal column for our Reid Institute Members - the heading above is the focus of his April 2012 column - because it deals with how the...
Three new articles on Canadian cases posted on the Reid Institute Members page
May 01, 2012
We have posted three new articles by Gino Arcaro discussing Canadian interrogation cases on our Reid Institute Members What's New page:"Confession at gunpoint: The chain of events affecting admissibility""The balance of power...
New Canadian Column
May 01, 2012
Offer of help may jeopardize confession admissibility
R. v. Gilbertson (2012) BCSC[1] 20-04-12
Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
Part I - Editorial
As business owner, I find this...
Criminal Interrogation and Confessions 5th edition now available as an e-book. Save 40%.
Apr 30, 2012
The publisher of Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, 5th edition, has now made the leading text in the field of interviewing and interrogation available as an e-book for the remarkable price of $74.9...
Legal Updates Spring 2012
Apr 18, 2012
In our Legal Updates Spring 2012 column we feature cases that address the following issues:Defendant does not have to actually speak to invoke the right to remain silentStatement to suspect that he...
NY's top court rejects appeal of confession (Rejects Dr.Ofshe testimony of false confessions)
Apr 02, 2012
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN
Associated press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court on Thursday upheld the child rape conviction of a Queens woman who said her confession was coerced by...
Confession at gunpoint: The chain of events affecting admissibility.
Apr 01, 2012
By Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
I. Reality
The world of frontline policing will not always guarantee peaceful conditions to question a suspect. During life-and-death emergencies, the police will need to...
Misrepresentations made about the Reid Technique - the correct information
Mar 11, 2012
Over the years a number of misrepresentations and statements containing misinformation have been made about The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation by "false confession experts," academicians and the media. We have...
New Canadian column for Reid Institute Members: The balance of power: close the "Sophistication Gap."
Mar 01, 2012
by Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
R. v. Tshitenge Masuku (2011)
Experience versus inexperience. The balance of power with respect to an interrogator and a suspect has become one of...
NY Times article references John E. Reid and Associates as teaching interview and interrogation techniques consist with court decisions
Feb 27, 2012
In their February 23, 2012 article, "Why Do Innocent People Confess?" in the discussion of false confessions the author points out that John E. Reid and Associates teaches interview and interrogation techniques...
Supreme Court says prison inmates don't have to be read rights in different investigations
Feb 22, 2012
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 10:15 AM
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes unrelated...
Detection of Deception Research - Why Academic Studies Yield Such Poor Results
Feb 08, 2012
Most defense experts who testify on the issue of false confessions state that law enforcement investigators interrogate people whom they believe are lying to them based on the behavior that they displayed...
90% of responding agencies who record their interrogations find the recordings to be helpful
Jan 27, 2012
In January 2012 we included a survey question with our emails announcing the location of a Reid seminar - here are the results
Does your organization video or audio...
IACP model policy for recording interrogations
Jan 16, 2012
In an article by Beth Warren entitled, "States move to require recordings of homicide confessions" she reports that eighteen states require police to record interrogations, at least in homicide cases, and she...
Thank you for the most valuable tool in my cop toolbox
Jan 13, 2012
We recently received the following from a past participant:
"I recently retired from my department. Early in my career as a detective, and before the internet, I heard of your program...
Legal Updates Winter 2012
Jan 07, 2012
In our Legal Updates Winter 2012 column we feature cases that address the following issues:"Testimony of expert regarding interrogation techniques was irrelevant."Promise to keep the suspect's name out of the media will...
How A Teen's Coerced Confession Set Her Free
Jan 05, 2012
That is the title of a story NPR produced yesterday which focuses on the interrogation of a 16 year old mother on whether or not she killed her 13 month old son...
New 5th edition of Criminal Interrogation and Confessions now available
Jan 01, 2012
Criminal Interrogations and Confessions, Fifth Edition presents the Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation and is the standard used in the field. This updated Fifth Edition presents interviewing and interrogation techniques...