SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reid Technique, Crime Prevention

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

9 step procedure where you want to break down the suspects resistance to increase the likelihood of a. Confessions are important for court: direct, posiive confrontaion. Make up evidence (not illegal: theme development. Psychological characterisics of the criminal to determine excuse: handling denials. The more denial the more diicult it"ll be to confess. Innocent people are more spontaneous, guilty are weak, hesitant: overcoming objecions. Why their denial is incorrect, turn objecion around to why the suspect should tell the truth: procurement and retenion of suspects atenion. Move closer to them, maintain eye contact: handling passive mood. Explain why you know they did the crime: presening alternaive quesions. Tell suspect his opions, show one opion is a lot beter. Did the crime for a good reason. Techniques of neutralizaion: having suspect orally relate details of ofence. Suspect has to give their account of the crime. May be reluctant to give full details of the crime.