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The High Value Detaniee Group research confirms the core principles of the Reid Technique

Oct 20, 2021

In his article, “Law Enforcement Has Been Interrogating Incorrectly. Science Reveals a Better Way”, (October 19, 2021) he reports that the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (Meissner, Surmon-Bohr, Oleszkiewicz and Alison) criticized...

Previous Updates

Summer Legal Updates 2010

Aug 09, 2010

The Legal Update for Summer 2010 features 32 cases which address such issues as:Court upholds confession in which investigators lied about the strength of their evidence during interrogationCourt limits testimony of Professor...

Research confirms detection of deception substantially better than chance if viewed in context

Jun 14, 2010

In their new research article, "Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy" the authors (J. Pete Blair, Timothy R. Levine and Allison S. Shaw) report on 10 studies that they conducted regarding...

Research confirms Reid Behavior Analysis Interview (BAI) structure

May 12, 2010

In our book, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, we devote Chapter 8, Formulating Interview Questions, to the topic of the importance of asking open-ended questions in the investigative Interview (BAI). The chapter contains...

Reid helps the Innocence Project secure the release of a wrongfully convicted man

May 01, 2010

Frank Sterling was convicted of the 1988 murder of an elderly woman. DNA testing eventually implicated another person - Mark Christie who was in jail serving a life sentence for murdering a...

Admissibility of statements from impaired drivers - New Canadian Legal Column

May 01, 2010

Impaired driving is one of the most common crimes investigated by frontline police officers. However, the subject of questioning an impaired driver, and the admissibility of the personís statement is usually not...

What is the PEACE model for interviewing?

May 01, 2010

Several years ago the United Kingdom adopted a set of interviewing guidelines called the PEACE model. These guidelines consist of five distinct parts (corresponding to the acronym "PEACE"):

Preparation and Planning...

The North Virginia Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors presents 1 day Reid seminar

May 01, 2010

The North Virginia Chapter of the IIA will present a one-day seminar on The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation presented by Joseph Buckley, president of John E. Reid and Associates on...

Two new U. S. Supreme Court decisions on Miranda

May 01, 2010

The following 2 cases United States Supreme Court Cases were reported in Law Enforcement Legal Review - March/April 2010

Court Adopts Bright Line Rule on When Police Can Re-Question a Defendant...

Legal Update April 2010

Apr 19, 2010

In this legal update we are providing you with information on several cases from late 2009 and earlier this year. Here are the issues addressed:Court upholds confession in which investigators lied about...

Alaska court excludes testimony of Dr. Richard Ofshe

Mar 04, 2010

On February 17, 2010 the Alaska Superior Court, Third District, in the case of State vs. Williams, granted the prosecutor's motion to preclude the testimony of the defense expert on false confessions...

New Canadian column for Reid Institute members: Admissibility of statements from impaired drivers

Mar 01, 2010

In this article Gino Arcaro discusses the case of R. v. Slavchev (2010) - "Impaired driving is one of the most common crimes investigated by frontline police officers. However, the subject of...

An Analysis of the Confession of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad in the Development of Themes for the Interrogation of Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorist Suspects

Feb 15, 2010

In this article, Louis Senese, vice president of John E.. Reid and Associates, and Philip A. Mullenix, a former instructor of the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation(R) and a practicing Chicago...

CEA Information booklet now available

Feb 03, 2010

The Computer Employment Applications (CEA) information booklet is now available. The following is the Table of Contents which describes the information contained in the booklet. You can access the CEA information booklet...

Canadian court supports the Reid Technique

Feb 01, 2010

In the case of R. v. Amos (2009) the Ontario Superior Court upheld the techniques that the interrogator successfully used to obtain a confession, many of which are elements of the Reid...

NY Judge excludes false confession expert - supports The Reid Technique

Jan 29, 2010

In the Manhattan trial of Natavia Lowery, accused of killing Linda Stein, the court rejected the proposed testimony on false confessions of Ohio forensic psychologist Solomon Fulero, stating that, "Fulero would have...

Anatomy of the bait question in interviews Part 1

Jan 20, 2010

Written by:
Louis C. Senese, Vice President, John E. Reid and Associates

The bait question is a non-accusatory question in which the possible existence of incriminating evidence is implied for the...

New Canadian Law Column: The connection between an exculpatory statement and forming reasonable grounds.

Jan 01, 2010

I. Make the Call

You are a uniform officer on patrol.

You stop a man. He resembles a man you know to be wanted. You know an arrest warrant exists...

Legal Update Summer 2009

Nov 04, 2009

The Legal Update for Summer 2009 features 32 cases which address such issues as:Court rejects testimony of Dr. Richard Leo on false confession issueExpert testimony on fabrication of confessions by inmate informants...

Reid Interview Software now available

Oct 22, 2009

John E. Reid and Associates is pleased to announce the availability of the Computer Employment Application (CEA) - a software program that will interview your job applicants for you. The CEA is...

New 4 part article on the Canadian Supreme Court decisions which have revised the framework for Charter violations, the meaning of

Oct 07, 2009

Section 24(2) Charter: Rule changes - the "revised framework." Part 1

Introduction

The Supreme Court of Canada changed the rules again, in a series of landmark decisions released...