We Get Confessions [Paperback]

Albert Joseph (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Albert Joseph (December 20, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964744805
• ISBN-13: 978-0964744806
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #834,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than what you get in the academy, August 20, 2000

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Loren w Christensen (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Get Confessions (Paperback)

Joseph has been there and done that. The book is more useful than most of the material you get in training because it comes from an officer who has learned through trail and error what works. As a guy who spent 29 years in law enforcement interviewing people, I highly recommend this book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great examples but short on techniques, July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: We Get Confessions (Paperback)

This is an excellant book written by an experienced cop. He goes through the whole process of getting someone to talk, and to be able to use the confession in court. What I found most interesting in the explanation of the Miranda rights, and the misunderstanding of it. He explains that to read the suspect his rights there must be two things, Custody and interrogation. He says that if you wish the suspect to talk, don't arrest him/her. You can interogate the suspect without custody. If you arrest the suspect and wish to speak to him/her and the suspect requests a lawyer, the interrogation can't be done. Anyways, the book is great but there are techniques missing. The interrogation approach here is basically the nice guy approach. I have read "interrogation, techniques and tricks to secure evidense" the RCMP textbook and "Make'em talk" written by Patrick Mcdonald. If you buy "We get confessions, you should also buy these two other books mentioned. They fill in the gaps by showing the full techniques from the "interogation, techniques and tricks to secure evidense", and the torcher techniques from the military book "Make'em talk" written by Patrick McDonald.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is your boyfriend lying?, August 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: We Get Confessions (Paperback)

This book is not only a police guide but also a great window into human psychology and behavior. With chapters such as how to put the suspect at ease during an interrogation, oh, excuse me "interview" and how to read nonverbal cues to see if a suspect is lying, it makes me want to put at least one of my ex-es in a room with his back to the door and see if he taps his feet or averts his eyes when I ask where he was on a particular evening.

The author is extremely astute about human nature and uses personal experience and a down to earth writing style that makes this book fun and easy to understand. (O.K. he likes to CAP words a lot, but it ends up being CHARMING instead of annoying.)