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"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...
Previous Updates
Setting the record straight on the Reid Technique
Aug 29, 2023
The Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation is supported by the courts
(Originally published on police1.com Aug 22, 2023)
Having utilized and instructed the Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogating for...
Child Protection Act "unfortunately Playing Out" in Brooklyn mass shooting
Aug 14, 2023
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — It’s been more than one month since 30 people were shot at the Brooklyn Day block party in South Baltimore.
Among the victims were 15 children younger than 18-years-old.
...Maryland prosecutors say juveniles need to be held more accountable for crime
Jul 17, 2023
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Nearly a dozen top prosecutors across the state of Maryland say their hands are tied when it comes to holding juvenile offenders accountable. They say two laws are to...
A General Outline of Richard Leo's Testimony on False Confession Issues and Reid Responses
Jul 13, 2023
On July 5, 2023 we posted an Investigator Tip entitled "A General Outline of Richard Leo's Testimony on False Confession Issues and Reid Responses." Click here to access.
The Disingenuous Testimony from Social Psychologists About the Reid Technique
Jul 11, 2023
We posted a new Investigator Tip entitled "The Disingenuous Testimony from Social Psychologists About the Reid Technique"
False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures
Jul 06, 2023
False Confession Expert Richard Leo Uses John E. Reid as the Benchmark for Proper Interrogation Procedures
There certainly is a paradox involved in the testimony of false confession expert Richard Leo when...
Reid Policy on the Use of Deception During an Interrogation
Jun 26, 2023
Our Investigator Tip dated June 26, 2023 outlines our policy on the use of deception during an interrogation.
Click here to read the Investigator Tip.
“Victim/Suspect”- Correcting the Netflix Show Reference to the Reid Technique
Jun 06, 2023
A Netflix documentary, "Victim/Suspect" discusses how police handle sexual assault investigations, with two Tuscaloosa cases highlighted. The 90-minute program includes footage shot around Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama campus. Director and...
What False Confession Experts Say About the Reid Technique and Our Responses
Jun 02, 2023
The attached document, "What False Confession Experts, Defense Attorneys and Academicians Say About the Reid Technique and Our Responses," includes the following topics:
The Purpose of an Interrogation"Guilt Presumptive" ProcessHow Social Psychologists...Someone Gave Ms. Mohr Some Bad Information
May 23, 2023
Someone Gave Ms. Mohr Some Bad Information
In a recent article in FRAUD magazine, published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, entitled, “When subjects admit guilt but they’re innocent” the author...
Egregious Errors by TIME Reporter Regarding the Reid Technique
May 08, 2023
Dear Ms. Nayeri,
In your recent article, “How Police Interrogation Techniques Fail People with Autism” you have completely misrepresented the Reid Technique. Let me first quote what you said in the article:
...The Reid Technique: A Fact Sheet for Prosecutors
Apr 25, 2023
Dear Prosecutor,
In many confession cases, the defense presents an expert witness, oftentimes a social psychologist, to testify that the investigators used tactics and techniques to coerce a confession, very possibly a...
What is Acceptable/Unacceptable Investigator Behavior During an Interrogation, Including the Questioning of Juveniles
Apr 25, 2023
We recently posted 3 Investigator Tips regarding court decisions about the investigator's behavior during interrogations:
The Courts: Acceptable Investigator Interrogation Behaviors - over 100 court decisions…. some of the topics...
Indiana legislation prohibits lying to a juvenile 17 or younger
Apr 14, 2023
The Indiana legislature has passed a bill which prohibits law enforcement from lying to a juvenile suspect (17 or younger) about the evidence in the case; about the penalty of the act...
Several Court Decisions re Miranda Issues
Mar 09, 2023
Case Commentaries on Interrogation Issues for January-February 2023
by James P. Manak
Mr. Manak is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Illinois Law School...
New Investigator Tip Published
Mar 06, 2023
We have published our latest Investigator Tip on our website entitled, "The Truth about the Research Social Psychologists Use as the Basis for Testimony Regarding False Confessions."
New Video Posted on our YouTube Channel
Mar 06, 2023
We posted a new video presentation on our YouTube channel - The Reid Technique Tips. The new video presentation is entitled "False Confession Experts Only Tell You Part of the Story"
"Catch me if you can!" Criminal Interrogation tactics for the narcissist
Feb 24, 2023
Should offenders’ personalities factor into the interrogation? Absolutely.
We are not making a clinical diagnosis of narcissism but rather discussing options to interrogate the criminal who has exaggerated self-worth, is self-centered, possesses...
Be Suspicious When You Only Get Part of the Story
Dec 19, 2022
In a recent article entitled, "Law Enforcement Experts on Why Police Shouldn't be Allowed to Lie to Suspects" Professor Saul Kassin describes a series of cases in which he suggests that innocent...
Principles of Effective Interviewing - the Mendez Principles
Dec 05, 2022
The United Nations undertook an effort to develop a set of “Principles on Effective Interviewing” to do away with torture, abuse, etc. Juan M. Mendez was the lead author of their work...