The International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training published the following article , �There are Good Interrogations and There are Bad Interrogations� by Joseph P. Buckley, president of John E. Reid and Associates:

Every day we read about law enforcement successfully solving criminal cases by a combination of talking to people; developing forensic evidence; interviewing and, when appropriate, interrogating suspects. In many cases, however, there is limited or no forensic evidence or witness testimony that implicates a specific person as the perpetrator so the investigators have to rely extensively on their interviewing skills to develop investigative information that can lead them to the offender.

Once the investigators make contact with the suspected offender, they will generally conduct a non-accusatory fact finding interview to develop investigative information, such as his activities at the time of the crime; his alibi; his relationship to the victim; his knowledge of the crime scene, etc. If the information developed during this interview and the subsequent investigation indicate the subject's likely involvement in the commission of the crime, the investigators will initiate an interrogation.

A good interrogation is characterized by the following elements: Click here to continue