 | Chapter Objectives
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- Explain the similarities and differences between interviews and interrogations.
- Discuss the objectives of interviewing and interrogations as well as the qualifications of interviewers and interrogators.
- Understand the importance of selecting the right place and time for conducting an interview or interrogation.
- Explain how an investigator should prepare for conducting an interview or interrogation.
- Understand the importance of witnesses' motivations, perceptions, and barriers.
- Assess the reliability of eyewitness identification.
- Discuss witness intimidation and what can be done to effectively deal with it.
- Explain the psychological dynamics that cause some people to confess.
- Identify the principal reasons why false confessions occur.
- Understand the limitations related to the use of admissions and confessions at trial.
- Explain the impact of Miranda v. Arizona and other past and current landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases on law-enforcement interrogation.
- Discuss the best indicators of detecting deception or truthfulness.
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