Interrogation : achieving confessions using permissible persuasion / by Charles Yeschke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yeschke, Charles L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police questioning--United States.

Police questioning.

Interviewing in law enforcement--United States.

Interviewing in law enforcement.

Criminal investigation--United States.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores practical and legal tactics of interrogation by which to seek the truth and in particular confessions or admissions. Its goal is to provide the investigator with the skills to persuade the culpable to confess or reveal information that may be the equivalent of a full confession. The initial chapter provides the reader with a roadmap to interrogation and outlines the book's organization followed by a discussion of the philosophical and legal underpinnings of interrogation. Chapter 3 reflects elements of the Polyphasic Flowchart which are interrelated between interviewing and

Contents:

INTERROGATION; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 ROAD MAP; Chapter 2 PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL; Chapter 3 THE POLYPHASIC FLOWCHART; Chapter 4 DEALING WITH DIFFICULT; Chapter 5 INTERVIEW QUESTION FORMULATION; Chapter 6 SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY; Chapter 7 DETECTION OF DECEPTION: THE FORENSIC; Chapter 8 TRANSITIONING FROM; Chapter 9 INTERROGATION BASICS; Chapter 10 INTERROGATION TACTICS; Chapter 11 CONFESSIONS; Chapter 12 SEXUAL ABUSE; Chapter 13 A FIREBIRD AND THE BUTTERFLY:; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08411-4

OCLC:

662258959