PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Reid Technique, Martin Tankleff
30 Mar 2016
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Suspect vulnerabiliies: physical or emoional exhausion, youth, immaturity, low intelligence, adult. Police interrogaion tacics: physical, social isolaion, length, persistent quesioning, refuse to acknowledge claims of innocence, present false evidence, minimize culpability, ofer inducements, Guilty knowledge is not necessarily a confession of guilt. Police interrogaions and confessions: confessions compelling evidence at trial. Majority are valid, but of course some are false. Personal vs situaional risk factors: personal: age, compliance etc. situaion: techniques, ime of day etc. Interrogaion must cease if suspect invokes right to counsel before or during quesioning. Use of force, fear, substance use, mental limitaion etc . The reid model of interrogaion: involves 3 stages: gather evidence, conduct a non-accusatorial interview to assess guilt, conduct an accusatorial interrogaion to obtain a confession. Assumpion detecives can disinguish truthful suspects by relying on verbal and nonverbal cues. 77% of interrogators reported they could detect decepion. Police no more accurate than lay people in detecing lies, but are more conident.
