The detective pulled his chair closer to Joe, the mentally ill suspect sitting alongside him in the small, windowless room. Joe kept denying that he had killed his mother, but the detective wasn’t ...

David A. Harris is Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He researches and teaches about police behavior, law enforcement, and national security issues.

It covers methods such as the Reid Technique, which involves a structured nine-step process to elicit confessions, and the PEACE model, a non-confrontational approach emphasizing rapport and ...