Interviewing Strategy for Intelligence Gathering

Apr 24, 2020

Obtaining information about another's unlawful activities (or planned misconduct that has not yet been executed) can be more challenging than asking one to acknowledge their own prior misdeeds. The code of silence...

"Virus of hate" spotlights importance of interrogation themes

Apr 13, 2020

Amid an uptick in coronavirus-related hate crimes, investigators can use empathy to relate to offenders

It appears that the number of hate crimes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Legal Updates Winter 2020

Apr 10, 2020

The Legal Updates Winter 2020 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Incriminating statements were made in violation of Miranda Confession voluntariness: ambiguous request to terminate the questioning and over stating...

Clarifying Misrepresentations About Law Enforcement Interrogation Techniques

Feb 12, 2020

Over the years social psychologists, defenses attorneys and some academicians have offered a number of criticisms of current law enforcement interrogation practices, and, in particular, the Reid Technique. Some of these criticisms...