Human Relations and Advanced Investigative Techniques (Paperback)

Paperback. Legal knowledge tells an officer what they're allowed to do. It says nothing about how to get the truth out of someone who doesn't want to give it up.Human Relations and Advanced Investigative Techniques is the professional core of the American Street Law series - and the most distinctive book on the market for working investigators. Written by a retired police chief and FBI National Academy graduate, it combines humanistic policing philosophy, interview science, interrogation strategy, and the psychology of confession in a single practitioner volume grounded entirely in real cases.Inside, you'll master: Why human relations - not legal authority - is an investigator's primary tool, and how economic culture shapes the way people communicate with policeA complete, field-ready interview protocol: planning, rapport, questioning sequence, and adaptations for witnesses, victims, and suspectsThe nonverbal communication skills that separate a credibility assessment from a guess - and why even skilled investigators can't reliably detect deceptionThe psychology of why suspects confess, including all eleven neutralization techniques offenders use to rationalize what they've done - and how investigators recognize and work with each oneHow to build a case file that survives contact with a prosecutor, defense counsel, and cross-examination - from the first interview to the witness standNothing else available combines this level of depth with this much real practitioner experience behind it. Every technique is illustrated with case examples from an actual investigative career, not hypotheticals.For detectives, investigators, supervisors, and criminal justice faculty who want to move from competent to genuinely excellent at the investigative function. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …