Study: Interrogations benefit from positively building up subject
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 16:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The U.S. Army Field Manual is the law of the land for intelligence-gathering interrogations and it points to direct questioning as the most effective form. However, a laboratory study led by FIU psychologist Jacqueline R. Evans shows that an emotional approach to questioning is more effective in collecting information from both guilty and innocent participants. […]