Wrongful conviction databases have shed light on the fact that innocent people can be
induced to confess to crimes they did not commit. Drawing on police practices, core …

Interrogation practices in the United States have been roundly criticized both for their
accusatorial ethos, at times leading to false confessions by the innocent, and for a history of …

Pre-interview planning is vital in interviews with suspects. Via a questionnaire administered
to 596 police investigators in Singapore, the current study examined potential associations …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a rapport-based
approach to interviewing that includes productive questioning skills, conversational rapport …

Eighty-seven experts on the psychology of confessions—many of whom were highly
published, many with courtroom experience—were surveyed online about their opinions on …

Objective: This survey examined current law enforcement beliefs and practices about
interviewing and interrogation to gauge whether they have evolved given the research and …

This research focuses exclusively on real-life taped interviews with serious crime suspects
and examines the strategies used and types of questions asked by police, and suspects' …

Adolescents comprise a vulnerable population that is exposed to crime and also may be
reluctant to disclose full details of their experiences. Little research has addressed effective …

We sought to identify motivations to resist cooperation in intelligence interviews and develop
techniques to overcome this resistance. One source of resistance can arise because of …

This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Rapport Scales
for Investigative Interviews and Interrogations, Interviewee Version (RS3i), a …