Briefly discuss some of the approaches an officer can use in an interrogation
What will be an ideal response?
Interrogation techniques include inquiring directly or indirectly, forcing responses, deflating or inflating the ego, minimizing or maximizing the crime, projecting the blame, rationalizing, and combining approaches.
Indirect inquiry draws out information without mentioning the main subject.
A forced response is elicited by asking a question that will implicate the suspect, regardless of the answer given.
Deflating suspects' egos is often effective. Question the suspect's skill in committing a crime known to be his specialty. The suspect may attempt—out of pride—to prove that it was a professional job. The same results can be obtained by inflatingsuspects' egos, praising the skill shown in pulling off the job. Suspects may want to take the credit and admit their role in the crime.
Overstating the severity of an offense can be as effective as understating it. Making the offense more serious than it actually is can induce suspects to provide facts implicating them in lesser offenses.
Projecting blame onto others is another effective way to get suspects talking. When suspects feel as if others are at fault, they may be more willing to share information that will ultimately incriminate them.
Rationalizing is another technique that shifts fault away froma suspect. Even though the suspect committed the act, there was a good reason to justify it.
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