PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: A Confession, Lindbergh Kidnapping, Offender Profiling

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

A process whereby the police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession. Confession evidence is viewed as a prosecutor"s most potent weapon . Being interrogated by the police for the sole purpose of obtaining a confession can be. In north america, a confession usually needs to be backed up by some sort of evidence highly coercive and intimidating (gives police certain power over the suspect) Minimization techniques: soft sell tactics used by police interrogators that are designed to lull the suspect into a false sense of security. Maximization techniques: scare tactics used by police interrogators that are designed to intimidate a suspect believed to be guilty. Reid model is the most widely taught interrogation procedure in na but that doesn"t mean officers rely on it in practice. Kassin et al (2007): self-report survey where police officers rated their use of reid practices often.