This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project You may have never heard of the Reid technique, but chances are you know how it works. For more than half a century, it has been the go-to police interrogation method for squeezing confessions out of suspects. Its tropes are familiar from any cop show: the claustrophobic room, the repeated accusations of guilt, the presentation of evidence—real or invented—and the slow build-up of pressure that makes admitting a crime seem like the easiest way out. That's why it jolted the investigative world this week when one of the...
Cops Are Abandoning Their Favorite Interrogation Technique
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