After reading this chapter you will be able to:

• Define interrogation and explain how it differs from an interview.
• Discuss the controversy associated with interrogation methods.
• Identify the prerequisites of a productive interrogation.
• Compare and contrast the Reid Technique of interrogations with the PEACE model.
• Discuss how the use of deception by investigators in interrogations can be problematic and how it can be useful.
• Explain why suspects confess.
• Explain why suspects falsely confess and discuss what can be done to prevent false confessions.
• Discuss the general theory underlying the detection of deception and identify the nonverbal and verbal behaviors that tend to indicate deception.
• Discuss the methods of conducting a polygraph examination and explain the value of the results.