Essentials Of The Reid Technique

by Inbau, Fred E.

• ISBN13: 9780763727284
• ISBN10: 0763727288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Summary

Practiced worldwide, The Reid Technique® is the leading approach to interview and interrogation practices. Since 1962, hundreds of thousands of investigators have received training in the Reid Technique through Criminal Interrogation and Confessions . Now For The first time, An abridged version of this best-seller is available from the experts at John E. Reid and Associates, Inc.     Essentials of the Reid Technique teaches readers how to spot and interpret verbal and nonverbal behaviors of both deceptive and truthful people, and how to move toward obtaining solid confessions from guilty persons. The Reid Technique is built around basic psychological principles and presents interrogation as an easily understood nine-step process. Separated into two parts, What You Need to Know About Interrogation and Employing the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation, this book will help readers Understand The effective and proper way that a suspect should be interrogated And The safeguards that should be in place to ensure the integrity of the confession.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I What You Need to Know About Interrogation
Distinctions Between Interviews and Interrogations	3	(8)
Perspective	3	(1)
Characteristics of an Interview	4	(1)
Characteristics of an Interrogation	5	(1)
Benefits of Conducting an Interview Before an Interrogation	6	(2)
Exercises	8	(3)
The Importance of Obtaining and Evaluating Factual Information	11	(14)
Before the Interview	11	(6)
Gathering Information from Others Through Interviews	17	(4)
Exercises	21	(4)
Privacy and the Interview Room	25	(12)
The Importance of Privacy	25	(2)
Minimize Reminders of Consequences	27	(1)
Suggestions for Setting Up the Interview Room	28	(7)
Exercises	35	(2)
Qualifications, Attitude, and General Conduct of the Investigator	37	(10)
Interviewer Traits	37	(1)
Interviewer Qualifications	38	(1)
Initial Interview Procedures	38	(3)
Investigator's Demeanor During an Interview	41	(4)
Exercises	45	(2)
Preparation and Starting the Interview	47	(12)
Perspective	47	(1)
Formal Versus Informal Interviews	48	(1)
Arranging the Formal Interview	48	(2)
Preparing for the Interview	50	(1)
Establishing Rapport	50	(1)
The Use of an Introductory Statement	51	(6)
Exercises	57	(2)
Formulation of Interview Questions	59	(18)
Perspective	59	(1)
Asking an Initial Open Question	60	(2)
Phrasing Open Questions	62	(1)
Eliciting a Full Response	62	(1)
Evaluating Responses to Open Questions	63	(3)
Clarifying the Open Account	66	(1)
Asking Direct Questions	67	(3)
Asking Follow-Up Questions	70	(5)
Exercises	75	(2)
Behavior Symptom Analysis	77	(28)
Overview of Research on Related Behavior Analysis	77	(3)
Underlying Principles of Behavior Analysis	80	(2)
Evaluating the Subject's Attitudes	82	(2)
Evaluation of Verbal Behavior	84	(6)
Evaluation of Paralinguistic Behavior	90	(3)
Evaluation of Nonverbal Behavior	93	(9)
Exercises	102	(3)
Behavior Symptoms of Truthful and Untruthful Subjects	105	(14)
Perspective	105	(1)
Initial Assessment of the Subject	106	(1)
Behaviors Common to Both Truthful and Deceptive Subjects	106	(2)
Factors That May Lead to Misinterpretation of Behavior Symptoms	108	(5)
Conclusion	113	(2)
Exercises	115	(4)
Part II Employing the Reid Nine Steps of Interrogation
Overview of and Preparation for the Reid Nine Steps	119	(8)
Perspective	119	(1)
General Classification of Offenders	119	(2)
Brief Analysis of the Nine Steps of Interrogation	121	(1)
Preliminary Preparations for Applying the Nine Steps	122	(5)
Step 1: Direct, Positive Confrontation	127	(10)
Principles	127	(1)
Procedures	128	(9)
Step 2: Theme Development	137	(28)
Principles	137	(1)
Procedures for Emotional Offenders	138	(19)
Procedures for Nonemotional Offenders	157	(8)
Step 3: Handling Denials	165	(16)
Principles	165	(1)
Procedures	166	(1)
Anticipating Denials Before They Are Voiced	167	(2)
Discouraging Weak Denials from Being Voiced	169	(2)
Evaluating Denials	171	(2)
Responding Effectively to Denials	173	(8)
Step 4: Overcoming Objections	181	(6)
Principles	181	(1)
Procedures	182	(5)
Step 5: Procurement and Retention of the Suspect's Attention	187	(8)
Principles	187	(1)
Procedures	188	(7)
Step 6: Handling the Suspect's Passive Mood	195	(8)
Principles	195	(1)
Procedures	196	(2)
Recognizing the Signs of Resignation	198	(5)
Step 7: Presenting an Alternative Question	203	(10)
Principles	203	(1)
Procedures	204	(9)
Step 8: Having the Suspect Relate Details of the Offense	213	(8)
Principles	213	(1)
Procedures	214	(7)
Step 9: Converting an Oral Confession into a Written Confession	221	(14)
Principles	221	(1)
Procedures	222	(3)
The Language of the Confession	225	(2)
Final Details	227	(1)
Safeguarding the Effectiveness of the Confession	228	(1)
Confession Is Not the End of Investigation	229	(2)
Part II Exercises	231	(4)
Appendix A False Confession Cases: The Issues	235	(6)
Appendix B Answers to Exercises	241	(8)
Index	249