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A Compendium of law relating to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations
Sep 29, 2012
This article, written by Thomas Sullivan and published in the March/April of Judicature, the publication of the American Judicature Society, details the current laws and judicial decisions related to electronic recording of...
What is the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale ("GSS")?
Sep 29, 2012
In the case State v. Wright (Jan 2012) Dr. Daniel Martel. a forensic neuro-psychologist, testified about his use of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale, and from the court opinion, described GSS as follows:
Interrogators should exercise special precautions when interviewing juveniles or individuals with mental or psychological impairments
Sep 29, 2012
Every interrogator must exercise extreme caution and care when interviewing or interrogating a juvenile or a person who is mentally or psychologically impaired. Certainly these individuals can and do commit very serious...
Another example of how false confession experts misrepresent the Reid Technique - Richard Leo and Deborah Davis
Sep 29, 2012
In an article published earlier this year, The Problem of Interrogation-Induced False Confession: Sources of Failure in Prevention and Detection, the authors, Dr. Richard Leo and Deborah Davis, continue the trend of...