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Police Interviewing and Interrogation: A Self-Report Survey of Police Practices and BeliefsRichard A. LeoUniversity of San Francisco - School of Law Saul M. KassinJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice Christian A. MeissnerNational Science Foundation - Law & Social Sciences Program Director; University of Texas at El Paso - Departments of Psychology & Criminal Justice Kimberly D. RichmanUniversity of San Francisco - College of Arts & Sciences Lori H. ColwellConnecticut Valley Hospital Amy LeachQueen's University Dana La FonLoyola College in Maryland 2007 Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 31, 2007 Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-12 Abstract: By questionnaire, 631 police investigators reported on their interrogation beliefs and practices - the first such survey ever conducted. Overall, participants estimated that they were 77 percent accurate at truth and lie detection, that 81 percent of suspects waive Miranda rights, that the mean length of interrogation is 1.6 hours, and that they elicit self-incriminating statements from 68 percent of suspects, 4.78 percent from innocents. Overall, 81 percent felt that interrogations should be recorded. As for self-reported usage of various interrogation tactics, the most common were to physically isolate suspects, identify contradictions in suspects' accounts, establish rapport, confront suspects with evidence of their guilt, and appeal to self-interests. Results were discussed for their consistency with prior research, policy implications, and methodological shortcomings.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 21 Keywords: criminal procedure, criminal justice, law enforcement, interrogation tactics Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: June 7, 2008 ; Last revised: April 27, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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