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reid technique for interrogations  

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  • Law enforcement personnel use a variety of procedures to elicit confessions from suspects. The Reid Technique uses psychological methods to elicit confessions from those who are believed to be guilty, without the need to resort to physical force to extract a confession. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Reid Technique for Interrogations]

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