Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New York City Police Department, Takers, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: K. Mc Keown

Document Summary

In north america, there are generally 2 goals of a police interrogation: obtain a confession, gain information that will further the investigation (ex. The location of evidence: there is concern when coercive techniques are used to obtain confessions die to the power of confessions as evidence. The coercive nature of interrogation: history of coercive measures, mid 1900"s, whipping suspects to get a confession, 1980"s. Stun guns used by the nypd to extract confessions: more recently, psychological methods such as trickery and deceit (ex. The reid model of interrogation: a common interrogation method. If the suspect starts fidgeting, licking lips and or grooming themselves, the interrogator notes these are deception indicators confirming their on right track. Letting the suspect deny their guilt will increase their confidence, so the interrogator tries to interrupt all denials, sometimes telling the suspect it"ll be their turn to talk in a moment, but right now they need to listen.