PoliceOne.com has reported on some intriguing deception detection techniques. Cognitive interviewing has now been used to detect possible deception when questioning suspects about crimes. According to this article and the Force Science Institute, there are two extremely helpful techniques when trying to elicit deception when interviewing criminal suspects: 1. Asking a suspect to sketch one or more…
Read MoreIs Big Brother Watching the Bay Area?
The New American has reported that Big Brother is alive and kicking in the Bay Area! With the constant advancement in technology being able to “watch” and track what before seemed difficult at best has become as common as the cell phones people carry across the globe. Now, new cameras are not only going to…
Read MoreInterview and Interrogation Techniques
Where were you yesterday at 3:45pm? Don’t lie we have your finger prints. Why did you commit this crime? Does this line of questioning sound intimidating? The Daily Beast has some enlightening news. Research was conducted at John Jay College of Criminal Justice through the FBI’s High Value Detainee Interrogation Group. A team of leading researchers formed…
Read MoreTo Lie or not to Lie, that is the Question
Lying is as old as humans and research has confirmed that we learn to lie at a very young age. Studies have also suggested that the average person lies several times a day. So it’s not surprising, then, that lie detection has a long history. “By this method [Middle Age’s thinking that physical torture elicits truth],…
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