PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 4: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Offender Profiling, Geographic Profiling
16 Mar 2015
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Police procedures through extensive interviews of violent, incarcerated criminals, legal authorities have determined how these offenders typically approach victims, the perpetrators reactions to these crimes, their personality make up, family background and demographic characteristics. Chapter 3 (56 88) police interrogations: police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession, brown v. mississipi. Whipping was used to obtain a confession. England and wales are trained to use interrogation techniques that are far less coercive than in north america. 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 that interrogators use to intimidate a suspect believed to be guilty. Exaggerating the seriousness of the offence and making false claims about evidence: 631 police investigators, interrogators almost always used techniques isolating suspects from friends and family and establish rapport to gain their trust.
