PSYC 2400 Lecture 2: Psychology of Police Investigations
22 Apr 2016
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Not based on actual knowledge of facts that form content. Coerced compliant: caused by police interrogation tactics, confessor knows they are innocent. Coerced-internalized: believe they committed crime, highly suggestive interrogations. Guilty condition - provide help on individual problem. Innocent condition - not asked to provide help. Conduct a non-accusatorial interview to asses guilt (detecting deception) Conduct an accusatorial interrogation to obtain a confession. State purpose of interview is to figure out why Suspect is about to give in + confess. Focus on main theme + urge suspect to come clean. Suspect gets defensive - looks guilty by reid. For confessions to be admitted into court they must: Be given by a person who is competent. Response to false confessions + poor interviewing generally. Elimination of coercive interrogations, same level of confessions. A technique for predicting the personality, behavioural, + demographic characteristics of an individual based upon an analysis of the crimes he or she has committed.
