Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Geographic Profiling, List Of Fallacies, Racial Profiling

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Karen Dickson

Document Summary

Police interrogation a process whereby the police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession: two goals of police interrogation: gain info and to get a confession. Police interrogations involve different tactics depending where you are in the world: england is less coercive then north america. The reid model of interrogation and interrogation in north america. The reid model of interrogation a nine-step model of interrogation used frequently in north america to extract confessions from suspects. Interrogations in north america come from a book called criminal. The purpose of the reid model is to make the consequences associated with the crime, more desirable then having anxiety about the crime their whole lives. Minimization techniques soft sell tactics used by the police interrogators that are designed to lull the suspect into a false sense of security. ( he had it coming . )