NCJ Number
192877
Date Published
2001
Length
177 pages
Annotation
This instructional book on the law and tactics of criminal interrogation summarizes the legal principles that apply to criminal interrogation and suggests practical tactics and techniques for obtaining legally admissible confessions.
Abstract
Chapter 1 examines the decline in the important science of police interrogation and suggests how this art can be renewed. This is followed by a chapter that considers permissible interrogation under the Fourth Amendment. This chapter examines the circumstances under which a statement is inadmissible due to an unreasonable search or seizure and how officers can avoid such circumstances. Chapter 3 addresses interrogation under the mandates of the Fifth Amendment, with attention to the rationale of the "Miranda" decision and how to manage interrogations under the requirements of "Miranda." In Chapter 4, U.S. Supreme Court decisions are used to explain the definition of "custody" for "Miranda" purposes. Chapter 5 reviews additional court decisions and examples to show when a suspect is and is not being "questioned" for "Miranda" purposes, followed by a chapter that discusses who has to be warned, when, how often, the preciseness of the wording, and the exceptions. Other chapters discuss interpretations of responses from the suspect that pertain to his/her invocation of rights under "Miranda;" waiver of rights; interrogation under the Sixth Amendment and the 14th Amendment; objectives of interrogation when a suspect waives his/her rights under "Miranda;" suspect evaluation; strategies for obtaining a waiver; and proof techniques. A table of cases