PSYCHOLOGY FOR INTERROGATION. REV. ED.

• NCJ Number: 18980
• Author(s): G J SWIDLER; K C BASILIO
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 231 pages
• Sale Source: BHF Printing
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TEXTBOOK DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY AS APPLIED TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND TO ACQUAINT POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE LEGAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF APPROPRIATE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES SINCE MIRANDA.

Abstract

THE FIRST HALF OF THIS BOOK CONSIDERS THE MOTIVATION OF BEHAVIOR AND INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF BASIC AND ACQUIRED MOTIVES, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY AS RELATED TO LIE DETECTION. THE AUTHOR ASSUMES THAT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AS WELL AS NORMAL, IS LEARNED AS A FUNCTION OF ONE'S INTERACTION WITH HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE SECOND HALF OF THIS BOOK DETAILS INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES AS DELINEATED BY THE SIX 1966 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS KNOWN AS THE MIRANDA CASES. THE TECHNIQUES DISCUSSED PERTAIN TO INFORMANTS, WITNESSES, AND SUSPECTS, AND INCLUDE THE USE OF THE LIE DETECTOR. IN EACH CASE, THE COMPLETE PROCESS IS COVERED FROM START TO FINISH WITH IMPORTANT POINTS HIGHLIGHTED.