Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Robert Ressler, Paul Ekman
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Criminal minds is criminally stupid: evaluation of criminal profiling. Eric morgan was inside at the time of the shooting (the guy whose birthday it was) Witness said she heard a rumour that the shooter was the guy whose birthday it was. Eric morgan showed up to be a witness, and instead was arrested on the spot to being charged with murder. Was locked up for 3. 5 years before he got out. Went from accusing 6 individuals to accusing eric morgan. Sasha (one of the witnesses) originally stuck to her story; but investigator told her that the truth was. Used reid technique (for interrogation) to talk to the witnesses already out there and she had to change her story or she could be involved. Cop threatens to charge the best friend: fabricates evidence (i. e. we know he"s in the car ) There are potential problems with the reid model: