Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New York City Police Department, Fidgeting, Soft Sell

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Police relies on witnesses, victims and suspects to fill in details about crimes: Properly run interrogation can be the difference between a confession + letting someone go. Two goals of interrogation: obtain a confession, gain information that will further the investigation (ex. Mid 1900s: whipping suspects to get a confession. More recently psychological methods such as tricker and deceit (ex. 1980s: stun guns used by the nypd to extract confessions. All psychological methods are ready to be utilized usually before the suspect walks into the room. Designed to make the anxiety associated with deception (ex. By maintaining one"s innocence) greater than the anxiety associated with confession. The 9 steps of reid (making the accusation) 1. confrontation: present the facts and information of the case that is already acquired (ex. We have tire tracks, a foot print, etc) these pieces of evidence point towards the suspect.