Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Geographic Profiling, Arson, Full Confession
10 Dec 2017
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Chapter 2 the psychology of police investigations. Police interrogations: police interrogations: a process whereby the police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession. (cid:373)akes the suspe(cid:272)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it s(cid:373)all (cid:272)ri(cid:373)es he/she other(cid:449)ise (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t: no this is(cid:374)"t true, this technique has been approved by canadian courts. Interrogator overcomes the suspects objections to the charges. The use of the reid model in actual interrogations: no way to know how often the reid model is actually used, kassin surveyed interviewers, results, many reid suggestions were used, some reid tactics were used. Little coercive strategies were used: note can be biased because self-report. Investigator bias: bias that can result when interrogators enter an interrogation setting already believing the suspect is guilty, unknowingly seek out and interpret information in a way that verifies their belief, kassin study important results. Interrogators with guilty expectations asked more questions that indicated their belief.
