PSYC 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reid Technique, Physical Abuse, Interrupt

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3310
• Professor: Caroline Erentzen

Document Summary

Investigative interview: assess for deception, evaluate info, rule out suspects, focus on other suspects. Interrogation: often done with reid technique: purposes: find other information relevant to the case and obtain a full or partial confession, confessions are most persuasive evidence of guilt, creating presumption of guilt among triers of fact. Sets out 9 steps for securing a confession. Assumes you can distinguish between innocent and guilty suspects. Minimization techniques (good cop: blame victim, downplay seriousness of offence, offer sympathy and understanding, moral justifications for crime, provide alternative explanations, imply offer of leniency, suggest it is in best interest to confess. Maximization techniques (bad cop: scare tactics designed to intimidate suspect, overstate seriousness of crime, make false claim about evidence, imply threat of severe punishment, accuse suspect, attack alibi, credibility, place time pressures. Courts have developed rules to keep coerced confessions out (r. v. oickle, 2000) Inadmissible confession if: physical abuse or brute force.