NCJ Number
37571
Date Published
1973
Length
146 pages
Annotation
DESIGNED FOR THE BEGINNING POLICE INTERROGATOR AND STUDENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THIS TEXT PROVIDES A PROGRAM OF BASIC UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE ON WHICH STUDENTS CAN BUILD SKILLS OF SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATION.
Abstract
THE BOOK IS PLANNED ON A STEP-BY-STEP BASIS AND TAKES THE READER THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE OF INTERROGATION, FROM PRE-INTERROGATION PREPARATION, STARTING THE INTERROGATION, AND CLOSING THE INTERROGATION, TO THE TAKING OF A STATEMENT. IT IS MEANT TO TEACH AND EXPLAIN WHAT EACH ACT IN THE INTERROGATION MEANS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THE INTERROGATOR MUST DO IN PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL INTERROGATION. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, AN ENTIRE CASE HISTORY IS PRESENTED AND EACH OF THE PRINCIPALS SUGGESTED IN THE BOOK IS TESTED UNDER ACTUAL CONDITIONS. THE CASE HISTORY IS DESIGNED TO SHOW HOW TO BEGIN THE INTERROGATION, CARRY IT THROUGH, AND CONCLUDE IT WITH A CONFESSION AND STATEMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)