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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...
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New Canadian column discusses the Right to Silence
Dec 23, 2010
Right to Silence versus The Caution - The mystery by Gino Arcaro M.Ed., B.Sc.
Here's an open-book test: Find the phrase "Right to Silence" in a Canadian statute.Where is the phrase...
Fall Legal Updates 2010
Dec 02, 2010
The Legal Update for Fall 2010 features 22 cases which address such issues as:Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that the trial court should have allowed false confession expert Dr. Solomon Fulero to testifyCourt...
Canada will not adopt the American rule-book on Miranda Rights.
Nov 23, 2010
In a new column for our Members only page Gino Arcaro has written an article on several significant Canadian Supreme Court decisions. Gino's article is entitled, Oct. 8, 2010 - Landmark Decision...
New York Magazine article on a false confession case solved with the help of John E. Reid and Associates
Oct 04, 2010
In an article entitled, "I Did It' Why do people confess to crimes they didn't commit?" the author details the case of Frank Sterling who falsely confessed to the murder of Viola...
What do the courts say about the testimony of false confession experts?
Aug 13, 2010
For the past several years the courts have viewed with skepticism the testimony of "false confession experts", repeatedly suggesting that there is no actual science to support their views but rather, anecdotal...
Detection of Deception: Research vs. Reality
Aug 09, 2010
Over the years researchers in the academic community have conducted a number of research studies on an investigator's ability to detect deception; more specifically these studies have attempted to determine if the...
Summer Legal Updates 2010
Aug 09, 2010
The Legal Update for Summer 2010 features 32 cases which address such issues as:Court upholds confession in which investigators lied about the strength of their evidence during interrogationCourt limits testimony of Professor...
Research confirms detection of deception substantially better than chance if viewed in context
Jun 14, 2010
In their new research article, "Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy" the authors (J. Pete Blair, Timothy R. Levine and Allison S. Shaw) report on 10 studies that they conducted regarding...
Research confirms Reid Behavior Analysis Interview (BAI) structure
May 12, 2010
In our book, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, we devote Chapter 8, Formulating Interview Questions, to the topic of the importance of asking open-ended questions in the investigative Interview (BAI). The chapter contains...
Reid helps the Innocence Project secure the release of a wrongfully convicted man
May 01, 2010
Frank Sterling was convicted of the 1988 murder of an elderly woman. DNA testing eventually implicated another person - Mark Christie who was in jail serving a life sentence for murdering a...
Admissibility of statements from impaired drivers - New Canadian Legal Column
May 01, 2010
Impaired driving is one of the most common crimes investigated by frontline police officers. However, the subject of questioning an impaired driver, and the admissibility of the personís statement is usually not...
What is the PEACE model for interviewing?
May 01, 2010
Several years ago the United Kingdom adopted a set of interviewing guidelines called the PEACE model. These guidelines consist of five distinct parts (corresponding to the acronym "PEACE"):
Preparation and Planning...
The North Virginia Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors presents 1 day Reid seminar
May 01, 2010
The North Virginia Chapter of the IIA will present a one-day seminar on The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation presented by Joseph Buckley, president of John E. Reid and Associates on...
Two new U. S. Supreme Court decisions on Miranda
May 01, 2010
The following 2 cases United States Supreme Court Cases were reported in Law Enforcement Legal Review - March/April 2010
Court Adopts Bright Line Rule on When Police Can Re-Question a Defendant...
Legal Update April 2010
Apr 19, 2010
In this legal update we are providing you with information on several cases from late 2009 and earlier this year. Here are the issues addressed:Court upholds confession in which investigators lied about...
Alaska court excludes testimony of Dr. Richard Ofshe
Mar 04, 2010
On February 17, 2010 the Alaska Superior Court, Third District, in the case of State vs. Williams, granted the prosecutor's motion to preclude the testimony of the defense expert on false confessions...
New Canadian column for Reid Institute members: Admissibility of statements from impaired drivers
Mar 01, 2010
In this article Gino Arcaro discusses the case of R. v. Slavchev (2010) - "Impaired driving is one of the most common crimes investigated by frontline police officers. However, the subject of...
An Analysis of the Confession of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad in the Development of Themes for the Interrogation of Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorist Suspects
Feb 15, 2010
In this article, Louis Senese, vice president of John E.. Reid and Associates, and Philip A. Mullenix, a former instructor of the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation(R) and a practicing Chicago...
CEA Information booklet now available
Feb 03, 2010
The Computer Employment Applications (CEA) information booklet is now available. The following is the Table of Contents which describes the information contained in the booklet. You can access the CEA information booklet...
Canadian court supports the Reid Technique
Feb 01, 2010
In the case of R. v. Amos (2009) the Ontario Superior Court upheld the techniques that the interrogator successfully used to obtain a confession, many of which are elements of the Reid...