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Jul. 28th, 2004 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheIt is unlikely that Dirty Harry or Starsky and Hutch will interview suspects as politely as Morse or Frost. Somehow you just know "feeling lucky, punk?" is not going to be abandoned in favour of "cuppa tea, sir? Now tell me in your own words what happened".
Forensic psychologist Ray Bull, of Leicester University, is not holding his breath about changing police interrogation procedures in the US, but he is pointing out to an American audience that the less confrontational style adopted in England and Wales in recent years works as well, if not better, in securing confessions, and is less likely to lead to miscarriages of justice.
Bad cop takes a beating
Forensic psychologist Ray Bull, of Leicester University, is not holding his breath about changing police interrogation procedures in the US, but he is pointing out to an American audience that the less confrontational style adopted in England and Wales in recent years works as well, if not better, in securing confessions, and is less likely to lead to miscarriages of justice.
Bad cop takes a beating