The Truth About Lying- From the FBI
The Truth About Lying: What Investigators Need to Know “Often investigators express confidence in their ability to spot a lie. The belief that it is relatively easy to catch a liar has…
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May 26, 2016May 26, 2016
Conducting Successful Interrogations
By David Vessel, J. D. This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Oct. 1998, and appears on the internet at http://www.fbi.gov/library/leb/leb.htm. Obtaining information that an individual does not want to…
October 14, 2013October 14, 2013
Interview Training Cruise Tentatively Scheduled for 2014
“Lies & Lie Detection; Navigating your way to the Truth within Interviews and Interrogations” This will be a 5 day/4 night cruise from New York City to St. John in Canada during which there will be 12…
September 27, 2013November 15, 2013
Statement Analysis: What Do Suspects’ Words Really Reveal?
By Susan H. Adams, M.A. Special Agent Adams teaches statement analysis as part of interviewing and interrogation courses at the FBI Academy. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,…
March 2, 2013March 2, 2013
Interrogations and Touchdowns; a Comparison between Football and Getting Confessions
By Wesley Clark No, I’m not talking about sacking your suspect in the hopes of getting a confession, that would be unsportsmanlike conduct, but there are many parallels that can be drawn…
February 1, 2013November 15, 2013
Deceptive but Truthful: Is it Possible?
A Tangled Web Detective Wesley Clark Connecticut State Police Department Western District Major Crime Squad The Question is Raised This may sound like an oxymoron, however in light of the adjoining article,…
January 28, 2013October 13, 2013
Deception and its Detection
Detective Wesley Clark Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad This article originally appeared in Connecticut Trooper Magazine, Fall 1998. As a member of the law enforcement community for the past…
January 28, 2013October 13, 2013
Successful Interviewing
By James R. Ryals, Commander Long Beach, California, Police Department This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 1991. Interviewing is one form of communication used extensively by law…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Why Suspects Confess
By David D. Tousignant, M.A. Inspector Lowell, Massachusetts, Police Department This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 1991. Many criminal cases, even when investigated by the most experienced…