CH 7 Police Investis, Interros, Confesses

Question 1

two main categories of Confessions

Answer 1

true = admitting ur guilty when ur guilty
false = saying ur guilty when ur innocent

Question 2

criteria for courts to take in confessions

Answer 2

• voluntary confession
• ur a competent person that knows ur confessing

Question 3

the Common-Law Voluntaries

Answer 3

• corwn must prove ur confession was voluntary
• no fear, prejudice nor hope of advatnage shud be given
• confessor right state of mind
• no police tricking

Question 4

basic steps of police interrogation

Answer 4

• Pre-Interro Interview = just loking at body language mainly, uses Behav Anal interview on verbal and nonverbal cues
• Inform them of their rights = safeguard for the innocent
• arrest rights given
• miranda = righ tto remain silent blah blah
• interrogation itself happens

Question 5

Reid Interrogation Technique in ur own words

Answer 5

1 You’re guilty
2 It can be because of theme w sympathy, but not an excuse
3 You’re still guilty tho, no denying that
4 Nope, you’re still gonna be charged with what u did
5 Hey pay attention!
6 I know this may be hard for ya
7 It’s either u confess and be done with this or u dont and suffer more
8 Now, tell me what really happened
9 statement

Question 6

the 2 Ms of interrogation techniques

Answer 6

Maximization = maximizing intimidation on suspect, exagerrating evidence n charges
minimization = helping them sort of save face but in reality just fooling them

Question 7

types of false confessions

Answer 7

• voluntary = ur innocent but u jsut admitted ur guilty wihtout being prompt
• coerced compliant = u dont wanna suffer more consequences or jsut dont like being interrogated, so u confess
• coerced internalized = confessed cuz u gaslit urself into thinking ya u did crime