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...

Court Rejects Testimony of Dr. Richard Leo

Oct 16, 2007

In the case of People v. Rathbun the Court of Appeals, Second District, California rejected the testimony of Dr. Richard Leo, stating in part:

The court ruled that Dr. Leo would...

Court Upholds Confession from Interrogator Using The Reid Technique ñ Jury Rejects Dr. Ofshe Testimony

Oct 16, 2007

In the case of State v. Tapke the Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld the defendant's confession which was obtained by an officer who was trained in The Reid Technique. Dr. Richard...

Legal Updates for October 2007

Oct 16, 2007

We have prepared a Legal Update that reviews a number of different court decisions that impact on a variety of issues concerning confession admissibility, expert witnesses and interrogation practices

Value of Reid Training

Oct 15, 2007

Oct 15, 2007

In part the report states as follows:

Police and Prosecutorial Tunnel Vision - The police focused too early on Deskovic as their prime suspect due, in part, to an inaccurate NYPD...

Reid Institute Members - The new Canadian Column is available on the Members What's New page ñ it is entitled, ìFrontline Interrogations: Solving the ëmere suspicion bindí

Oct 15, 2007

In the case of R.†v.†L.B. (2007) Ont. C.A. Gino Arcaro writes:

The best way to introduce and summarize this case is to quote the Ontario Court of Appeal in the judgment...

Forensic Interviewing for Attorneys

Aug 13, 2007

In conjunction with the Lawyer's Institute of Forensic Interviewing John E. Reid and Associates now offers to attorneys a continuing education program in advocacy which adapts non-coercive criminal interrogation methods for the...

Reid Institute Members - The June and July Canadian Columns: Right to Counsel: making a "fresh start" - Parts 2 and 3 R.v. Lewis (2007) (Ont. C.A.) are on the Members Whats New page

Aug 13, 2007

The June column is Part 2 of a three-part series that examines the growing frequency of pre-consultation and post-consultation interrogations and statements. Specifically, this case applies the interrogation "fresh start" concept that...

Massachusetts Supreme Court finds Dr. Saul Kassin testimony inadmissible

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Robinson, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to reject the testimony of Dr. Saul Kassin. Quoting from the Supreme Court's opinion:

"A...

Defense experts on false confessions acknowledge lack of scientific foundation for their opinions.

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Robinson, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld the trial court's decision to reject the testimony of Dr. Saul Kassin, because as the Supreme Court stated,

"The...

Update on Legal Cases - Update August, 2007

Aug 12, 2007

On a regular bases we will list under this link new legal decisions that address Miranda, confession voluntariness, false imprisonment, juvenile interrogations, expert witness that challenge police interrogation techniques, and many other...

Military Judge finds Dr. Ofshe theory regarding coervice interrogations was not based on rigorous scinetific analysis or even subject to scientific testing but was rather Dr. Osfhe's own subjective review of a group of particularly selected cases.

Aug 12, 2007

In the case of US v Wilson, the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Appeals upheld the trial judge's decision to exclude Dr. Richard Ofhe's testimony.

In their decision the Court of...

Testimonial for new Reid seminar - Investigating Use of Force for Field Supervisors

Jun 01, 2007

The Chief of Police from Roselle, IL, James R. Kruger, recently attended the "Investigating Use of Force for Field Supervisors" seminar and had high praise for the instructor, Chief Charles Gruber, and...

Researchers Continue to Get it Wrong

Jun 01, 2007

In the June, 2006 issue of , Dr. Aldert Vrij published an article entitled, "An Empirical Test of the Behaviour Analysis Interview." In this article Dr. Vrij (and colleagues) conducted a test...

Court did not err in excluding testimony of Allison D. Redlich, Ph. D. concerning confession voluntariness

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of Edmonds v. State, the Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld the Circuit Court's decision to exclude the testimony of Allison D. Redlich, Ph.D., "concerning involuntariness of confessions because, during...

Judge was reversed for not examining the voluntary nature of a confession

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of Commonwealth v. Miller, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts found that the trial judge committed reversible error for not conducting an evidentiary voir dire hearing re the voluntariness of...

Court upholds confession in which police lied about the incriminating evidence

Jun 01, 2007

In the case of People v Minniti the Illinois Appellate Court upheld a confession that resulted from an interrogation in which the police misrepresented the evidence against the suspect. "The defendant contends...

May Canadian Column: Right to Counsel: making a

Jun 01, 2007

I. The issue: split interrogation
On May 8, 2007, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision in R.v. Lewis (2007) that will be explain in a three-part series. The central...

New! - PoliceLink.com Partnership

May 05, 2007

As part of our continued commitment to officer safety and career advancement, John E. Reid & Associates has partnered with PoliceLink.com, the nation's law enforcement community, to provide training articles for all...

TV Station Does Story on Reid Seminar

Apr 26, 2007

'The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing for Child Abuse Investigations'

9-news in Syracuse NY reports how local police attend Reid training to step up their efforts to protect children after a music teacher...