ABSTRACT
It has been estimated that physical evidence is “only about 5 to 10% of what is normally offered in testimony in a judicial setting. Consequently, the remaining 90 to 95% concerns itself with conversation …” 19 The general question addressed here is whether there are any relevant cultural differences in mutual conversations between Asians and mainline North Americans (Caucasians, Hispanics, and Afro-Americans) that are of particular relevance to criminal interrogation, such that some details of the interrogation process should be modified in light of relevant XC knowledge and skills. Thus, if cultural differences sometimes change the “rules of the game” in discourse between some Asians and non-Asians, these differences may be of relevance for interrogating Asian suspects.
