Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New York City Police Department, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Soft Sell
19 Oct 2017
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Initial profile: black male who was comfortable moving amongst the community (trusted). Outraged atl police with this profile: hair and fiber analysis confirmed link between murders. Predicted they would find bodies near or in water after this fact was made aware. Fiber and hair analysis confirmed link and they arrested williams. Williams to this day claims his innocence: williams put himself on the stand and maintained demeanor until third day of questioning when he broke, he showed propensity for violence which he had refrained from previously. This caused the jury to see his other side and the capability of him. The coercive nature of interrogations: history of coercive measures, mid 1900s: whipping suspects to get a confession, 1980s: stun guns used by nypd to extract confessions, today: psychological methods such as trickery and deceit (e. g. lying about evidence) Suspect stress level increases, and interrogator moves around the room, invading personal space to increase the discomfort.
