Forensic RAT 1

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Interrogation approaches
- Good guy/bad guy
- Factual
- Emotional
Purpose of the interview and interrogation process
- Identify the guilty party and obtain a legally admissible confession
- Establish convincingly that a particular suspect was involved
- Clear other related cases and recover evidence
Types of Interrogation (models)
- Suspect decision-making
- Cognitive-behavioral
- Psychoanalytic
- Emotional
- Interaction process (Wicklander Zulawski)
Suspect decision making
- Relies on the premise that the suspect becomes involved in a complicated decision-making process.
- Suspect must consider their options and the likely consequences
Cognitive-behavioral model

The confession results from the unique relationships among the subject
Types of consequences
- Immediate
- Long-term
Four areas in cognitive behavior model that a subject uses in determining whether to confess
- Social
- Emotional
- Cognitive
- Situational
Psychoanalytical model
- Postulates that the feeling of guilt are the foundation of the decision to confess
- Least valuable
Emotional model
- Subject's failure to tell the truth is the result of their attempt to avoid the consequences of their actions
- Interrogator is viewed as a mediator
- Encourages the subject to make an emotional decision to confess
Interaction process model
- Wicklander - Zulawski
- Uses the characteristics of the suspect to determine the approach and style used by the interrogator
- Encourages the subject to make a rational decision to confess
Transactional analysis
- Attempt to explain interpersonal relationships
- Individuals adopt one of three roles: parent, adult, and child
Fear/hurdles that the interrogator must address
to overcome the suspect’s resistance to a confession
- Termination or financial repercussions
- Arrest or prosecution
- Embarrassment
- Restitution
- Retaliation
Reasons a suspect might deny guilt
- Environment
- Suspect
- Interrogator
Parts of interrogation
- Reducing resistance
- Obtaining the admission
- Development of the admission
- Professional close
Reducing resistance
- Establish rapport
- Convince them that their guilt is known
- Allow them to save face
- Avoid forcing them into a position where they have to deny
Suspects will move through several distinct phases
- Rejection
- Evaluation
- Submission

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Forensic RAT 1

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ACCT 5553

Updated

5/17/2011, 3:15:26 AM

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