week 4

Question 1

why dont we call interviewing interrogation in australia

Answer 1

because it implies youre going in with a particular agenda

Question 2

what is the goal of questioning if police believe they are responsible for the crime

Answer 2

elicit a confession

Question 3

what is the conviction rate of confessions

Answer 3

73%

Question 4

what is the conviction rate for eyewitness identification

Answer 4

59%

Question 5

what do police and mock jurors prefer

Answer 5

confessions

Question 6

low pressure confession conviction rate

Answer 6

62%

Question 7

high pressure confession conviction rate

Answer 7

50%

Question 8

no confession conviction rate

Answer 8

19%

Question 9

what percentage of suspects make full confessions

Answer 9

between 39-48%

Question 10

what percentage of suspects make a full or partial confession

Answer 10

55%

Question 11

what percentage of wrongful convictions are caused by false confessions

Answer 11

25%

Question 12

what percentage of wrongful convictions is the defendent 18 or younger and/or developmentally disabled

Answer 12

35%

Question 13

what are the 3 types of false confessions

Answer 13

voluntary false confessions
coerced compliant false confession
coerced internalised false confessions

Question 14

what is voluntary false confessions

Answer 14

false confession given without any pressure

Question 15

why might someone do a voluntary false confession

Answer 15

protect a friend or family
pathological need for fame, acceptance, recognition or self punishment
fact/fantasy confusion.

Question 16

why coerced compliant false confession

Answer 16

occur in order to escape/avoid an aversive interrogation or to gain a promised reward
short term benefits of confessing outweigh long term costs eg. prosecution, incarceration

Question 17

what is internalised false confessions

Answer 17

where an innocent person comes to believe durinf interviewing that they committed the crime

Question 18

what can coerced internalised false confessions impact

Answer 18

may permanently alter the suspects memory of an event

Question 19

what is mr big technique

Answer 19

undercover cops pose as members of organised crime and lure suspect into the gang by rewarding them for commiting smaller crimmes. the gang interviews the suspect for a bigger job, but first they have to confess to any major crime they have committed, as either insurance or so mr big can make the problem disappear

Question 20

what is mr big technique success rate

Answer 20

75%

Question 21

what is mr big technique conviction rate

Answer 21

95%

Question 22

what is criminal profiling

Answer 22

inference of type of person who committed a crime based on their offence behaviour

Question 23

is criminal profiling good in court

Answer 23

no

Question 24

what are the 2 types of profiling

Answer 24

inductive and deductive

Question 25

In inductive logic conclusions are made:

Answer 25

probable by premises

Question 26

in deductive logical conclusions are made:

Answer 26

certain by premises

Question 27

what is induction

Answer 27

offers characteristics based on previous offenders and their behaviour

Question 28

what does inductive profiling rely on

Answer 28

quality and relevance of previous research

Question 29

a statement is deductive when:

Answer 29

it must be true, if the information or evidence on which it is based is true

Question 30

typically deductive profiles:

Answer 30

discuss the behaviour in this crime, regardless of other offenders try to fully outline/account for available physical evidence seek to establish victimonlogy and crime scene characteristics

Question 31

deductive conclusions are:

Answer 31

limiting, and limited to what can be inferred from physical evidence

Question 32

how is research used for deducitve profiling

Answer 32

theory building only

Question 33

what is the problem with deduction

Answer 33

if not enough info is available no conclusion can be drawn

Question 34

different profiling methods

Answer 34

``` criminal investigative analysis investigative psychology behavioural evidence analysis diagnostic evaluations geographic profiling ```

Question 35

what is criminal investigative analysis

Answer 35

organised/disorgaised typology | fbi

Question 36

what is investigative psychology

Answer 36

very research focuses, statistics based

Question 37

what is behavioural evidence analysis

Answer 37

forensic science/crime reconstruction focused

Question 38

what is diagnostic evaluations

Answer 38

specific to individual analyst | eg. physicians, fps, psychiatrists, psychics etc.

Question 39

what is geographic profiling

Answer 39

areas an offender is familiar with