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Chapter One
The Psychology of Suspects'
Decision-Making during Interrogation
Michel St-Yves
Behavioral Analysis Service
Sûrete du Quebec (Quebec Police Force)
École nationale de police du Quebec (Quebec National Police Academy)
School of Criminology
University of Montreal, Quebec
and
Nadine Deslauriers-Varin
School of Criminology
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Introduction
A number of studies carried out in the social sciences show that human behaviour
can be significantly influenced by a multitude of factors. Publicity is a
good example. To influence people's consumer practices, advertisement agencies
will study the name of a product, a slogan, etc. to make sure that the
consumer will choose this product rather than another one. This works very ... read full excerpt from Handbook of Psychology of Investigative Interviewing: Current Developments and Future Directions ebook
