Chapter 1 | Overview

Question 0

This interrogation approach requires extensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and to have the answers to most of the investigative questions of who, what, when, where, how, and why.

Answer 0

Factual Approach (Interrogation Style)

Question 1

In this type of confrontation with the subject, one interrogator plays the heartless, uncompromising role while a second interrogator, in contrast, plays the soft, understanding role.

Answer 1

Good Guy/Bad Guy Approach

Question 2

In this interrogation approach the interrogator confronts the subject, not the circumstances or details surrounding his involvement in the issue, rather the reasons that the subject did what he did.

Answer 2

Emotional Approach (Interrogation Style)

Question 3

In the real world there are suspects who will never confess. The second purpose of an interrogation must than be

Answer 3

To establish convincingly to ourselves that a particular suspect was, indeed, involved.

Question 4

In Private Sector investigations, interviews are essential for (3 reasons)

Answer 4

1. Maintain Moral of the employees
2. To have a manageable number of suspects.
3. Clear other related cases/recover evidence or assets of the company.

Question 5

Explain the difference between public and private use of investigations

Answer 5

Public law enforcement prepares a case specifically for prosecution and trial. The private sector prepares its case to be presented to the personnel department for termination of employment, defence of the company in an unemployment case, and some other form of litigation.

Question 6

Public vs Private Sector: explain, differences in the investment of an investigation.

Answer 6

Business is profit oriented and clearly weighs the return of the investigative dollar. May not accept an investigation lasting six months.

Public law enforcement has the resources and time to conduct in depth investigations for months, even years.

Question 7

____________-sector cases typically are related to incidents that have occurred in a single location. This, the number of potential suspects is generally limited.

Answer 7

Private-sector

Question 8

The _________________ is responsible for more successful case resolution than all the other forensic techniques combined.

Answer 8

The confession of a subject