Interviewing and Interrogation

Rating:
Summary: Not Worth Buying
Review: I've been a police officer for over 10 years. Lately I've been doing more interviews so I purchased this book. Not only was the book boring but it not for cops. It seems designed for a school class where the students are forced to read it. If your looking for a book try Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation by Zulawski.

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Summary: Began using the techniques right away.
Review: In the business of Probation and Parole I hear every story and excuse in the book every day. Being able to sort fact fron fiction is a full time job.I found Mr. Rabon's book well written, practical and ready to go to work. Written like a course book with review questions at the end of each chapter to better understand the information. Mr. Rabon wants you to learn his techniques and put them to use. They really work!

Rating:
Summary: Not so helpful
Review: Like one of the other reviewers, I'm in parole and thought this might be helpful for the everyday work of interrogations. But unlike the other reviewer, I did not find it of much use at all. I found the writing mediocre, the concepts basic, and the organization extremely poor. The result was that the book managed the unusual feat of being both simplistic and hard to follow at the same time.
The author loves to pose questions. At the end (or sometimes in the middle) of several sample interrogations he poses questions to the reader, such as "Identify two 'hidden' admissions of complicity by the subject" or "Between lines 66 and 91, the subject contradicts his own narrative. What is the contradiction?" These questions are just dandy if you know just what the author is getting at, but if you don't, well, you're plumb out of luck, because he doesn't bother to give you any answers! The sheer volume of "test yourself" questions with no answers provided to see if you're getting the right idea is a significant shortcoming.