Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques

1. The Search for Truth

2. Truth and Lies

3. Psychophysiological Basis of the Forensic Assessment

4. Preparation for the Interview / Interrogation

5. Morgan Interview Theme Technique (MITT)

6. Forensic Statement Analysis

7. Question Formulation: Irrelevant, Relevant, and Comparison Questions

8. Projective Analysis of Unwitting Verbal Cues

9. Nonverbal Behavioral Assessment

10. Traditional Scoring of the FAINT Interview

11. The Validation of the Forensic Assessment Interview (FAINT)

12. Interviewing Children and the Mentally Challenged

13. Report Writing

14. Torture and False Confessions: The Ethics of a Post 9/11 World

15. Pre-Employment Interviewing

16. Passenger Screening with Verbal and Nonverbal Cues

17. Legal Considerations

18. The Integrated Interrogation Technique

19. Statements, Recordings and Videos

20. The Instrumental Detection of Deception: Polygraph

21. The Search for Truth: Future Instrumentation

Appendix A Forensic Assessment Interview

Appendix B Weighted FAINT Form

Appendix C Pre-Employment Booklet

Appendix D Questionnaire

Gordon, Nathan J.
Nathan J. Gordon is Director of the Academy for Scientific Investigative Training, where he developed the Forensic Assessment Interview and Integrated Interrogation Technique. He is an expert forensic psycho-physiologist and an internationally recognized expert in the field of Forensic Assessment Interviewing and Interrogation. He has lectured and conducted seminars on these subjects to thousands of law enforcement, intelligence and private security officers throughout the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Mr. Gordon, a recognized innovator in the field of truth verification, has had his work recognized in publications among which is, Forensic Psychophysiology; Use Of The Polygraph, by James Allen Matte. He has served as President of the Pennsylvania Polygraph Association, numerous committees for the American Polygraph Association, and is a Director of the Vidocq Society. Mr. Gordon lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children, and grandson. Fleisher, William L.
William L. Fleisher is Director of the Academy for Scientific Investigative Training. He was the Assistant Special Agent In Charge of the Philadelphia Office of the U. S. Customs Service. Mr. Fleisher is a former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and/officer with the Philadelphia Police Department. He has over 33 years of experience in law enforcement.
An internationally recognized expert in Behavioral Symptom Analysis, Mr. Fleisher is the author of the U. S. Customs technical manual on Behavioral Analysis. He is a founder and first Commissioner of the Vidocq Society, an organization of forensic experts who assist law enforcement and victim's families in unsolved homicides and is also a member of the American Polygraph Association. Mr. Fleisher lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with his wife and four children.

Praise for the second edition: "The authors have described a very generalizable and useful interviewing technique that is easy to learn, simple to use, and can significantly improve the ability to discern truth from deception in a manner that is both interesting and engaging."--J Police Crim Psych (2008) 23:45-47 "The authors show how applying the techniques identified in the book can achieve desired investigative results. The new edition is also timely in that the authors address purported methods or torture, such as waterboarding, in our post-9-11 society. The text remains a valuable reference for those who practice the art and science of investigations, and for readers or prior editions, this updated version's new content merits a second looks."--Security Management

Praise for the second edition:

"The authors have described a very generalizable and useful interviewing technique that is easy to learn, simple to use, and can significantly improve the ability to discern truth from deception in a manner that is both interesting and engaging." -- J Police Crim Psych (2008)

"The authors show how applying the techniques identified in the book can achieve desired investigative results. The new edition is also timely in that the authors address purported methods or torture, such as waterboarding, in our post-9-11 society. The text remains a valuable reference for those who practice the art and science of investigations, and for readers or prior editions, this updated version's new content merits a second looks." -- Security Management