PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Interrupt, Blood Pressure, False Confession
6 Oct 2016
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Obtain information about the crime: this is not a problem if the person is guilty of the crime, if not - then you have a problem. In the past: brown v. mississippi (1936) People were being whipped and hung from trees until they confess to a crime: stun-guns and the nyc police (1980"s) Nypd using stun-guns to get a confession from a suspect: r v. hoilett (1999) Confession that was not permissible in court basic rights, left naked in a cell in the cold, etc. Sleep deprived, interrogated under the influence of drugs, deprived of. Today: more subtle coercion: the reid model looks more to the psychological aspect of torture because that"s legal in canada. Putting their family members through the same interrogation process. The reid model of interrogation: gather evidence. Gather information, evidence, pleasure interview, etc: conduct interview. Ask them nicely if they did it : conduct accusatorial interrogation.
