Exam 1: Chapter

Question 1

Reid Techniques

Answer 1

1. Loss of Control
2. Social Isolation
3. Certainty of Guilty
4. Exculpatory scenarios (face-saving)

Question 2

Types of False Confessions

Answer 2

1. Instrumental-coerced false confession (result of long/intense interrogation)
2. Instrumental-voluntary confession (goal)
3. Authentic-coerced false confession (convinced)
4. Authentic voluntary false confession (delusional)

Question 3

Types of Serial Murderers

Answer 3

1. Visionary (voices)
2. Mission-orientated (“unworthy” people)
3. Hedonistic (thrills & sexual pleasure in torture)
4. Power-orientated (pleasure in power)

Question 4

Issues with Profiling

Answer 4

1. Basic assumptions
2. Cross-situational consistency
3. Utility of Inferences
4. Dangers of stereotyping and discrimination (tunnel vision and racial profiling)

Question 5

Guidelines for Evaluation Eyewitness Testimonies

Answer 5

1. Reliability of witness
2. Circumstances under which the observation was made
3. Description of observation
4. Circumstances of the procedure used to obtain info