Tag: employee theft
Interview and Interrogation Training: Use of Props
If a subject sees a stack of CDs or flash drives, that might cause them to ask you, "Hey, what's on those? Can I see those?" We prefer to not release evidence to the subject in an effort to help substantiate a confession and make sure the admission can be preserved.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Identifying the Appropriate Rationalization
When we rationalize with a subject, what we do is allow the subject to save face. We show understanding by realizing that sometimes good people make bad decisions because of outside pressures.
Are We the Liars? The Employee Theft Investigation and Getting an Admission at Any...
How do LP practitioners deal with the pressures of conducting internal theft interrogations in a forthright and honest way?What are the boundaries when it comes to obtaining an admission?
Interview and Interrogation Training: Words to Avoid during the Interview
Any words that are associated with harsh consequences or punishment should be avoided, as this would only increase the level of fear that the subject has.
Interview and Interrogation Training: Why Victims Don’t Report
Here's one unfortunate reason: "If I work in a building with 500 people, surely somebody else will say something. It doesn't have to be me."
Theft by Employees More Common than Theft by Customers
I am constantly on the lookout for research studies conducted on the subject of theft by employees.
A few years ago, I came across a...
Interview and Interrogation Training: The Legality of Interviewing
If you're unfamiliar with any of these laws, or how your company or organization handles them, now would be a great time to visit that with your legal team or your human resources team to make sure everybody's on the same page.