Exam 3: A: The Psychology of Police Investigations

Recent research in Canada has examined the degree to which people understand their right to silence and their right to legal counsel (Eastwood & Snook,2010).What did these researchers find?

Which of the following was not identified by Gudjonsson (1992)as a vulnerability factor associated with the occurrence of voluntary false confessions?

Detective Carlisle is a profiler with the local police force,and is utilizing mathematical models to determine the spatial behaviour and likely residence of an offender in a series of linked crimes.The detective is using what form of criminal profiling?

According to Pinizzotto and Finkel (1990),the process of profiling described in equation form is:

Which of the following statements is true with respect to the findings of King and Snook's (2009)examination of Canadian interrogations?

The first known criminal investigation where criminal profiling was used was:

In the United States,a suspect's legal rights in the context of an interrogation are often called:

One of the main issues in the case Brown vs.Mississippi (1936)was:

Of the following Reid technique themes analyzed in King and Snook's (2009)examination of Canadian interrogations,which was most prevalent in the interrogations?

Kassin et al.(2007)conducted a survey of investigators and their interrogation practices,and found that investigators rarely reported instances of using threats or physical intimidation.Why should this result be interpreted with caution?

The Paul Ingram case was used in your text as an example of what type of confession?

Officer Moore is interrogating Greg concerning the suspicious death of his brother-in-law.Greg keeps trying to tell Officer Moore that he didn't do it and has no idea what the officer is talking about.Officer Moore keeps interrupting Greg and telling him that they need to focus on the facts.The officer is employing what step in the Reid model of interrogation?

The primary goal of the PEACE model of investigative interviewing is

Which of the following is not part of the PEACE model of investigative interviewing used in England and Wales?

An innocent suspect is interrogated for 18 hours without food or water.The suspect is told by the investigator that he can get up and leave once "he comes clean." The suspect is exhausted and confesses.What type of confession has just occurred?

In the domain of geographic profiling,it is more likely that a __________ can be accurately profiled than a __________.

Officer Gardner is interrogating James concerning an alleged assault with a weapon against an umpire following a baseball game.Officer Gardner tells James "I understand why you acted this way,the guy made some bad calls and 'had it coming'".The officer is employing what step in the Reid model of interrogation?

Maximization techniques are also called _______ tactics; minimization techniques are also called ________ tactics.

As related to police interrogations,Kassin and his colleagues (2003)discovered several important findings regarding investigator bias.Which of the following was not one of their conclusions?

Officer Ryback is an undercover agent posing as a member of the local branch of the Hells Angels.He is attempting to lure a young adult named Joe into the gang.Joe also is a suspect in an ongoing investigation of a gang-related homicide.The officer rewards Joe for minor criminal activity and promotes gang membership as a lucrative club where Joe can be accepted and have access to all the cash,guns,drugs,and women he wants.He tells Joe that "the boss" wants to interview him for a "job" in the gang,and as part of this he needs to confess to a serious crime (the one under investigation).His confession is insurance that he can be trusted by the gang,and it is offered that the gang can help him out by making evidence "disappear".Once Joe confesses,this is used against him in trial.What technique is Officer Ryback using to gain a confession?