Hayley Hamann SPRING CJE Due: April 28, 2016

Objectives of the Interrogation What is the Process and Techniques Used The Importance of Listening Documenting the Interrogation Admissibility of Confession and Admission

Interviewing is the process of obtaining information from people who posses knowledge about a particular offense Interrogation is designed to match acquired information to a particular suspect to secure a confession There are Four Commonly recognized objectives to the interrogation To obtain valuable facts To eliminate the innocent To identify the guilty To obtain a confession

The logical approach is based on commons sense and sound reasoning The emotional approach appeals to the suspect’s sense of honor, morals, righteousness, fair play, justice, family pride, religion, decency and restitution. When a suspect’s guilt is uncertain, The Interrogator should begin with an indirect approach, assuming that the interrogator already possess all necessary facts. The “Mutt and Jeff,” or good-guy / bad –guy, approach to interrogation works in some cases Playing one person against the other sometimes works when there are at least two suspects, both of whom sear they are telling the truth during separate interrogations.

Regardless of the amount of their preparation and experience investigators or interrogators can conduct a fully successful interview only if they are good listeners. Listening is a valuable in interview and interrogation as is questioning To be effective, one must be an active listener, too. It has been estimated that 65 percent of communication in nonverbal.

Documenting an interrogation consist of three main phases, note taking, recording, and obtaining written statements. The three most widely accepted method of keeping notes during an interrogation are mental notes, written notes, and notes taken by a third party. Police use of audio and video technology to document interrogations became widespread in the 1990’s.

Prior to 1936 the only test for the validity and admissibly of a confession or admission was its voluntariness The free and voluntary Rule The first notable incidence of Supreme Court intervention into interrogation practices came about in Brown v. Mississippi The Delay in arraignment Rule