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Interviewing strategically to elicit admissions from guilty suspects.

Serra Tekin¹, Pär Anders Granhag¹, Leif Strömwall¹

¹Department of Psychology.

Law and Human Behavior

|April 7, 2015

Summary

This study introduces the Strategic Use of Evidence-Confrontation (SUE-Confrontation) interview tactic. This method effectively elicits more self-incriminating admissions from guilty suspects by highlighting statement-evidence inconsistencies.

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Area of Science:

Forensic Psychology
Criminal Investigation Techniques

Background:

Effective interrogation tactics are crucial for obtaining reliable suspect admissions.
Current methods may not optimally influence a suspect's perception of evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and evaluate a novel interviewing tactic, SUE-Confrontation, designed to elicit admissions from guilty suspects.
To assess the impact of confronting suspects with statement-evidence inconsistencies on their counterinterrogation strategies.

Main Methods:

Ninety participants completed mock criminal tasks and were interviewed using one of three techniques: SUE-Confrontation, Early Disclosure of Evidence, or No Disclosure of Evidence.
The SUE-Confrontation tactic involves confronting suspects with inconsistencies between their statements and known evidence.

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Main Results:

The SUE-Confrontation interview yielded significantly more statement-evidence inconsistencies compared to the Early Disclosure interview.
Suspects interviewed using SUE-Confrontation admitted more self-incriminating information and perceived the interviewer as possessing more evidence.

Conclusions:

The SUE-Confrontation tactic is an adaptable development of the Strategic Use of Evidence framework.
This technique shows promise as an effective tool for eliciting admissions in criminal investigations.