criminal interviewing

This podcast discusses the process of interviewing criminals. Interviews typically take place in a police station or at the suspect's home. Officers should avoid using force unless necessary for self-defense, as it may result in false confessions and the real criminal going free. CCTV footage is used to monitor the interviews and ensure proper conduct. The interviewer can choose to remain silent, but this may be seen as failing to provide evidence in court. It is important to plan and prepare for the interview, explain the arrest and procedures to the suspect, gather their account of the events, and summarize the main points. Evaluating the interview helps determine if further action or questioning is needed. Officers may leave the suspect alone in the room to observe their behavior, as changes in demeanor can indicate guilt. The PACE Act discourages officers from lying during interviews, but open and closed questions are used to gather information effectively. Open questions allow for Hello this is the podcast for interviewing criminals. Usually these interviews will happen in a police station or at the home of the suspect if the suspect chooses. The officer must never use force during an interview unless the suspect is trying or attempting to harm the officer. The reason why officers don't do this is because forcing the suspect down could lead to a false confession and therefore false conviction and the real suspect would get away with the crime. And also CCTV footage is used in interview rooms in order to watch this from happening and to prevent it. The interviewer can choose to not say anything in an interview if it is right, however this can be put against them in court for failure to provide evidence. To keep structure and legality the term peace was coined which is very useful for police officers. Plan and prepare the interview beforehand. Explain to the interviewer everything such as why he has been arrested and the procedures. Get an account of what happened and closure which is lay out all the main points that was said and ensure that the interviewee confirms what they have said. And then after the interview evaluate it and ensure that further action should be needed or further questioning for more suspects. Sometimes officers can leave the room, leave the suspect in the room to see what the suspects can do. Sometimes when suspects are left into a room they completely change their demeanour. That's smiling which means they are showing their remorse which means they can lead to a further conviction in court. This is also to see if they are lying or nervous. It's mainly just to check their body language to make sure that if they are nervous, say for example if a suspect was nervous that means he could be lying or he knows he is in the wrong. The PACE Act which was enacted in the 80s after the Brixton riots advocates that officers, it doesn't advocate that officers to lie in the interview, however it is still frowned upon to do that. For example for an officer lying an officer could say to a suspect that someone has already confessed that he committed the crime. This can be good in some situations if they actually did commit the crime but that can lead to a false confession. And it's important for an interview to have open and closed questions. Open questions are like questions that need a long answer. For example how long were you at the scene of the crime and they'll have to say how long they were at. Instead a closed question is a yes or no question such as were you there at the scene which that means they have to say either yes or no. Which is very useful for interviewers. It tends to have a start with open questions at the start of the interview but then once the interview is coming to a close, interview starts to use that in closed questions for a guaranteed answer, usually backing up the previous questions. And that is everything for an interview. Thank you for listening.