Interviewing and Interrogation for Law Enforcement

John E. Hess has years of experience as an instructor at the FBI Academy.

• Part I: Interviewing 1. Structure of an Interview (The steps of an interview from preparation to completion) 2. Demeanor (How actions contribute to success) 3. Essentials (Listening, note-taking, advice of rights)Part II: Detecting Deception 4. Verbal Clues (Hearing and recognizing lies) 5. Nonverbal Clues (A simplified method of reading body language for deception) 6. Statement Analysis (How language usage can reveal lies)Part III: Interrogation7. Structure of an Interrogation (A systematic approach to the basic phases of interrogation) 8. Keys to Success (Persuasion, setting, flexibility, props) 9. Case Study (Example and analysis of an interrogation)Final Thoughts

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