• Interview and Interrogation Preparation
• Distinction Between a Non-Confrontational Interview and Interrogation
• Proper Room Arrangement
• Factors Affecting the Subject's Behavior

BEHAVIOR SYMPTOM ANALYSIS

• Attitudes
• Nonverbal Behavior
• Verbal Behavior
• Paralinguistic Behavior

BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS INTERVIEW®

• The Benefits of Conducting the Non-Confrontational interview prior to any interrogation
• Analyzing Factual Information
• Reid Behavior Provoking Questions
• The Baiting Technique
• Investigative Questions
• Hypothetical Questions
• Assessing the subject’s concerns

THE INTERROGATION – Developing the truth

• Preparation prior to the interrogation – how to use the information developed during the interview to determine the most effective interrogation strategy
• Assessing the Suspect's Fears, Rationalizations and Objections prior to the interrogation

THE REID NINE STEPS OF INTERROGATION®

• Step 1: The Positive Confrontation
  Benefit of the Transition Statement
• Step 2: Theme Development
  First Person Themes
  Third Person Themes and Personal Stories
  Identifying the suspect's Needs for committing the crime
• Step 3: Handling Denials
  How to move past Denials
  Addressing Suspect Challenges
  Addressing the Suspect’s Request to see evidence
  Introducing Evidence
  Tactics to gain trust
  Tactics to change the suspect's perception
  
• Step 4: Overcoming Objections
  Handling Logical Challenges
• Step 5: Procurement and Retention of the Suspect's Attention
  Use of Role Reversal
  Challenging the Suspect's Values and Traits
  Addressing the Suspect's Fear of Consequences
  Addressing the Futility of continued denials
  
• Step 6: Handling Suspect's Passive Mood
  Having the suspect verbalize agreement
• Step 7: Presenting the Alternative Question
  Understanding the Alternative
  Using Positive and Negative Supporting Statements
• Step 8: Having the Suspect Orally Relate the Details of the Crime
  Committing the Suspect to the crime
  Safeguards to protect the integrity of the confession
  
• Step 9: Elements of Oral and Written Statements

Benefits of Attending

• that has evolved and adapted to changing social attitudes
• that will increase your ability to successfully resolve a wide variety of investigations
• that will enhance your ability to eliminate the truthful and identify the deceptive individual
• that is in compliance with the guidelines established by the courts
• that respects the rights and dignity of the individual
• that is flexible, adaptable and versatile so as to meet the challenges of an ever changing environment
• that has built in safeguards to protect the integrity of the confession 
• that will significantly enhance your interviewing and interrogation skills

Individuals who attend a REID® training course will learn how to

• assess the credibility of the information provided by a victim, witness or subject during the investigative interview
• structure the investigative interview
• solicit the subject’s story, version of events, or explanation of what happened by using open-ended questions
• determine the appropriate follow-up questions
• properly phrase the investigative questions
• use behavior provoking questions during the interview
• use persuasion techniques to learn the truth from the deceptive individual
• to determine the best persuasion approach to use as based on subject insights developed during the interview 
• evaluate and implement from a variety of approaches the most effective as determined by the individual and case characteristics

From recent participants:

At every course we typically hear such comments as: