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 organization of the cases in our Legal Updates by topics will make it easier for our readers to access

Mar 09, 2011

Over the past several years we have published Legal Updates on a variety of cases that deal with interrogation issues. We have recently categorized them by topic so as to make it...

Testimony on False Confessions to New York State Justice Task Force

Mar 09, 2011

In front of a New York State Justice Task Force subcommittee on false confessions, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Michael Welner testified to a stark lack of science informing the understanding of false confessions...

Winter 2011 Legal Update

Jan 20, 2011

The Winter 2011 Legal Update includes cases which address the following issues:Learning disability does not preclude a knowing waiver of the Miranda rightsCourt does not allow the testimony of Dr. Richard Leo...

New Reid training program now available

Jan 17, 2011

In order to meet the needs of those organizations and individuals who conduct investigative interviews but may not engage in any type of accusatory interrogation, John E. Reid and Associates has developed...

Book recognizes John E. Reid and Associates as the leader in interview and interrogation training

Jan 04, 2011

The book, Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment, Volume 20, by G. Daniel Lassiter, contains the following:

"...to be sure, many urban police have received general instruction in interrogation methods and the law...

Investigators Tip: Jan.Feb. 2011

Jan 01, 2011

One of the most controversial aspects of criminal interrogation involves the use of trickery and deceit. While Federal and State Supreme Courts routinely uphold confessions that were obtained from interrogations during which...

Model Bill for Electronic Recording of Custodial Interviews

Dec 29, 2010

In their 2009 article, "Recent Developments: The Consequences of Law Enforcement Officials' Failure to Record Custodial Interviews as Required by Law,' authors Thomas Sullivan and Andrew Vail offer a model bill for...

Reid graduates solve missing person case

Dec 23, 2010

Detective Thomas Martin and Detective Stefan Schindler from the Clayton County Police department in Georgia recently solved a missing person case using the Reid Technique. As Detective Martin said in an email...

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...