In Search of Truth.An Analytical Approach to the Interview Process (2nd Edition)

The interview is crucial to any investigation or inquiry. This book provides a firm foundation for extracting maximum information during the interview process, while also exploring proven methods for the detection of deception and/or missing information. Utilizing linguistic analysis techniques, techniques are presented to find the hidden clues in the subject s own language that present a clearer picture of what happened, and what the subject really knows.

Daniel T. Marsano, CIFI, CFE Daniel T. Marsano is Vice President, Special Investigations, for Prudential Insurance Company, where he has been employed for 30 years. He began his career as a police officer, and later a detective, for the Sterling Heights Police Department in the metropolitan Detroit, Michigan area. He moved on to take a position with the Oakland County Prosecutor s Office, Organized Crime Strike Force before joining Prudential. Mr. Marsano is an internationally recognized expert in Linguistic and Behavioral Interviewing, Interrogation, and Statement Analysis. He has been a featured speaker at major fraud and educational conferences throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Marsano has been a regular instructor and trainer for the Michigan State Police and at the Oakland Police Academy and often does consulting work with the Michigan State Police and other county and municipal police agencies on unresolved homicide investigations. In addition to working as a consultant to John Reid and Associates on the development of a course on Telephone Interviewing Techniques, Mr. Marsano has written numerous published papers and articles on Interviewing and Linguistic Analysis Techniques. He has also authored two successful children s books, Sir Day the Knight, and Sun Day the Not-Quite Knight.