The language of confession, interrogation and deception

The confession event

Language of the police interrogation

Interrogating versus interviewing

Case study of the interrogations of Steve Allen

Was Chris Jerue lying?

Did Donald Goltz believe what he confessed?

Some problems with police interrogation

Language and constitutional rights

Miranda rights in the DWI arrest

Were the rights of Jesse Moffet abused?

Were the rights of Charles Lorraine violated?

Language of truthfulness and deception

Was Robert Alben lying?

Was Jessie Moffett lying?

Language of written confessions

Michael Carter's written statement

The written statement as a clue to deception

Language of the implicational confession

Surrogate confession of DeWayne Hill

Language of the interrogator as therapist

Persuasion of Beverly Monroe

Inferred confession

Case study of Shiv Panini

Uunvalidated confession

Why did Kevin Rogers confess?

An effective interrogation and a valid confession

Case study of Pamela Gardner

Some basic principles of interrogation, confession and deceptive language

Be conversational

Ask clear and explicit questions

Do not mix interview types

Look for inconsistencies before trying to detect deception

Tape record all contacts.