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Interviews & Interrogations
This course on Interviews and
Interrogations is designed for street
officers or investigators interested in
improving their interview and
interrogation skills and to train students
on what really works in the field. It will
demonstrate techniques to improve the
quality and quantity of information
gathered during routine interviews, as
well as increase the number of
confessions during interrogations. The
techniques that are taught in this course
have been tried, tested and proven to
work in real life situations. The course
is accompanied by the text "Interview To
Confession, The Gentle Art Of
Interrogation." by John C. Bowden
This course on Interviews and
Interrogations is designed for street
officers or investigators interested in
improving their interview and
interrogation skills and to train students
on what really works in the field. It will
demonstrate techniques to improve the
quality and quantity of information
gathered during routine interviews, as
well as increase the number of
confessions during interrogations. The
techniques that are taught in this course
have been tried, tested and proven to
work in real life situations. The course
is accompanied by the text "Interview To
Confession, The Gentle Art Of
Interrogation." by John C. Bowden
| Interviews & Interrogations Learn the differences between interviews and interrogations and how to get the best information. Witness Assessment Learn the different types of witnesses and the proper approach to gain the most information. Preparation Steps to be better prepared to conduct effective interviews and successful interrogations. How the color environment effects your interviews, what is the best way to set up your interview room for conducting an interrogation. What can you do to be better prepared to conduct your interviews and interrogations in the interview room and on the street Court Decisions and Miranda Study the court decisions relevant to Miranda and how to avoid the problems that occur when legal procedures are not followed. Principles Of Communications Learn how body language is used in everyday communications and how to read non-verbal gestures. See and discuss examples of body language in everyday life. Learn the elements of establishing better rapport with subjects. Know when a rapport has been established. Learn techniques that lead to getting more information from interviews, confessions and interrogations. Learn techniques to overcome the pitfalls of poor listening and how to become a better listener. Visual Cues Learn how the eyes act like cursors in the storage and recall of information. Learn how to apply that knowledge to determine if a person is recalling or constructing information. Participate in practical exercises that apply the use of visual cues. A valuable tool to quickly reveal if an interview subject is making up information. Cognitive Interview Memory enhancement techniques used to help the interviewee to recall more information than is ordinarily possible by conventional means, as effective as hypnotism and legally admissible. |
| Identifying The Suspect Learn how to conduct a suspect identification interview that will help determine a person's involvement in an offense. A technique that will quickly help to identify the guilty party and speed up the process that leads to the interrogation. Meaningful Behavior Learn how to read and interpret kinesic behavior in conjunction with the interview and interrogation, enabling the investigator to determine the best strategy to obtain the confession. Review the types of behavior that are meaningful to the interview and interrogation by studying pictures and videos of behavior and discuss the relationship of the behavior to the interview. Coordinated Behavior Response The “Coordinated Behavioral Response” is the recognition of the subject’s behavior and then responding in a fashion designed to move the investigation to its resolution, a confession. The response is one that is correct for the behavior that is observed. The investigator is always working to move the subject to the confession. However, the investigator must respond correctly to the subject’s behavior. Interrogation Strategy Learn to develop an interview strategy leading to a confession from the subject. The Double Edged Question Learn how and when to ask the double edged question to get the first admission, the first step towards a confession. The Admission Learn to recognize the most subtle verbal and non-verbal admissions, reward it and turn it into a full confession. Confessions Learn the critical elements of obtaining a full confession from a subject that has been interrogated Interrogation Exercises Put into practice the interrogation techniques you have learned by watching real interrogations in the class room and identifying critical elements of the interrogation. Receive feedback on you skills and pointers on how to improve your technique. |
This Course Is Available In Lengths Of 24 Hours 40 Hours |
All Training Materials Are Included |
| The Course The presentation of this course is by lecture accompanied by videos, and numerous handouts. The course is supported by practical application exercises that allow the students to practice the skills and techniques taught during the course. The course meets standards for students to receive career development training credit. This course was written by John Bowden based on his 20 years of research and experience in interviews and interrogations. It was developed to train students on what really works in the field. It has been presented to line officers, police investigators from across the United States and from around the world. Students that have taken this course have reported excellent results using these techniques. They say it has made a significant improvement in their interview and interrogation skills and has resulted in more confessions. Course Overview 24 and 40 courses are available The presentation of the course is by lecture accompanied by videos, and numerous handouts. The course is supported by practical application exercises that allow the students to practice the skills and techniques taught during the course. The course meets standards for students to receive career development training credit. It was developed to train students on what really works in the field. It has been presented to line officers, police investigators from across the United States and from around the world. Students that have taken this course have reported excellent results using these techniques. They say it has made a significant improvement in their interview and interrogation skills and has resulted in more confessions. This course presents methods to establish a rapport and overcome resistance of the subjects contacted. It will present techniques that will create within a subject, a desire to confide to the investigator, their side of the story. The techniques will include rapport building methods to gain a subject’s cooperation. It will present how to obtain as much as 63% more information than is produced by the standard police interview. It will describe how to identify deception in the subjects you interview. It includes interrogation methods that will produce a desire in the suspect to confide in the investigator their story of what has occurred. It will describe the signs that indicate when a rapport has been established with a subject and when the subject is ready to confess. It includes the presentation methods used to bring the subject to the first admission. It identifies how to recognize a subject’s first admission, no matter how subtle. It will describe the actions to take when the first admission occurs, guiding the subject to a full confession. Throughout the course, research and sources are presented to assist and encourage the student to continue their studies of interview and interrogation techniques. This course presents a new approach in learning the dynamics of interviews and interrogations. The investigator should recognize there is not one ordered process to be followed in the interview and interrogation process; instead there are a myriad of potential possibilities that might occur. The investigator must be prepared to respond appropriately to the behavior that is presented by the subject. The investigator does not try to force an “enumerated process” currently taught in many courses; but instead, responds with a “Coordinated Behavioral Response.” The “Coordinated Behavioral Response” is the recognition of the subject’s behavior and then responding in a fashion designed to move the investigation to its resolution, a confession. The response is one that is correct for the behavior that is observed. The investigator is always working to move the subject to the confession. However, the investigator must respond correctly to the subject’s behavior. Course Overview |
A Professional Certificate Is Issued With Each Course |
based on his 30 years of research and experience in interviews and interrogations with
Michael E. Lane and his 35 years of experience in law enforcement and as a civil and
criminal polygrapher.
Michael E. Lane and his 35 years of experience in law enforcement and as a civil and
criminal polygrapher.