2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CRIM 204 - Interview and Interrogation
PREREQUISITES: CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems
PROGRAM: Criminal Justice
CREDIT HOURS: 3
LECTURE HOURS: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2014
This course introduces students to the art of interviewing and interrogation, and further introduces them to the individual personality of the witness and/or suspect, and the means in which to secure valid information, admissions, and confessions, obtained legally and ethically, that are corroborative in nature, and that can be used to solve crimes and be introduced as evidence in court proceedings.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Comprehend the difference between interviewing and interrogating.
- Understand the difference between circumstantial and direct evidence and further understand that securing accurate and credible direct (eyewitness) evidence is an art and not a science.
- Articulate the foundational means in order to adequately prepare for an interview or interrogation.
- Secure victimology information and meaningfully apply the information in interviews and interrogations.
- Be aware of the legal foundations involved when interviewing and/or interrogating and when and when not to Mirandize witnesses and/or suspects.
- Learn of the need to change the style, content and demeanor of interviews and interrogation depending upon the personality of those interviewed or interrogated.
- Recognize that many suspects have an antisocial or similar personality disorder and understand the traits associated with the disorder and the means to secure information from these individuals.
- Understand and apply the basic steps of interrogation.
- Learn the essentials of theme development.
- Differentiate between the different types of offenders, including child and sexual offenders, and understand the different approaches to securing information from those different offenders.
- Engage in case studies involving different crimes and offenders.
- Read and view transcribed and recorded interviews and interrogations and critically review them.
- Practice interviewing and interrogation in simulated cases.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include - Victimology
Different steps of interrogation
Theme development
Securing confessions
False confessions
Interviews and interviewing
Miranda Rights
Personality disorders
Interviews of children
Interrogations of sexual offenders
Anti-social personalities
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