ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews theory research, and practice concerning police interviews with the suspects of crime. It illustrates how knowledge of psychology and suspect behavior can contribute to the planning and execution of suspect interviews in order to maximize the quantity, quality, and reliability of the information. The chapter explores police interview methods, identify the strengths and weaknesses of approaches used across the world, and identify international examples of best practice to help inform practitioners who seek to record accurate and reliable accounts in interviews with suspects. In Western criminal justice systems, a suspect is an individual the police think may have committed a crime. When a suspect is apprehended, the person generally is arrested and subject to an interview with police officers. Police inquiries generate substantial information about individual suspects, and substantial information can be useful for its behavioral as well as its evidential content.
