NCJ Number
68180
Date Published
1980
Length
461 pages
Annotation
PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES OF INTERROGATION OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS BY THE POLICE ARE PRESENTED, TOGETHER WITH THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. THE BOOK IS MAINLY INTENDED FOR POLICE PROFESSIONALS.
Abstract
HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, AND PROBATION, PAROLE, AND CORRECTIONS AUTHORITIES. CRIMINAL INTERROGATION HAS THREE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS: LAW, PSYCHOLOGY, AND TECHNIQUE, THESE ELEMENTS' INTRICATE INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN AN EFFECTIVE INTERROGATION ARE DESCRIBED. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS DISCUSS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERROGATION, THE NEED TO CONFESS, THE QUALITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE INTERROGATOR, THE NORMAL PERSONALITY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTITUDES, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSUASION. LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTEROGATION PRESENTED INCLUDE THE ESCOBEDO AND MIRANDA DECISIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO HARRIS V. NEW YORK AND RELATED DECISIONS. SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF INTERROGATION COVERED INCLUDE INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWING, THE INTERROGATION ROOM, GENERAL AND SPECIFIC INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, SYMPTOMS OF DECEPTION, CATEGORIES OF SUBJECTS, CONFESSIONS, AND THE POLYGRAPH. TWO FINAL CHAPTERS PRESENT SELECTED SUPREME COURT CASES FROM 1949 THROUGH 1979. NOTES, A TABLE OF CASES AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR MODIFIED MODIFIED --CFW)