THE REID TECHNIQUE® Protecting The Innocent & Identifying The Guilty

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Upon successful completion of this program the student will have the knowledge of how to analyze case facts, evaluate the suspects behavior to determine truth or deception, conduct an interview using investigative and behavioral questions, and if need be, interrogate a suspect. The student will have the knowledge of how to get a suspect to acknowledge the commission of the crime that they committed and to develop that admission into a legally acceptable confession for court.

LEARN HOW TO:

• Interpret verbal and non-verbal behavior to assess the credibility of the information provided by the victim, witness or suspect during the investigative interview
• How to use behavior provoking questions in the interview process
• How to use THE REID NINE STEPS OF INTERROGATION® to:
  • Develop interrogation strategies
  • Develop themes (persuasive statements)
  • Develop the alternative question to elicit the first admission