Interview, Interrogation and Eyewitness Evidence

This text is designed to provide college students, peace officers and criminal justice professionals, as well as those who aspire to become professional interviewers, with comprehensive and in depth information on the art and science of interview, interrogation and eyewitness testimony. The author has relied on his years of professional experience, academic achievement, teaching, and training experience to present accurate information in a user friendly format and to help the reader understand how the interview and interrogation processes interrelate. The more confident one is with interview skills and the ability to detect deception, the greater the frequency and thoroughness of success. This book covers the interview, setting, question formation, background considerations and rapport building. It includes interpretations of verbal and physical behavior ("body language"). The interrogation section covers rationalizations, denials, obtaining and enhancement of the admission as well as methods to optimize the interrogation of your subject. Some basic psychological principals are also covered.