Tag: loss prevention interrogation
Rapport-Building Techniques: The Power of Connection
Using rapport-building techniques with the subject can aid in gleaning information that can help identify and build rationalizations to be used later in the interview process. Establishing a rapport is a critical part of the interview, helping to build trust and injecting a certain level of serenity into the process.
Threats, Promises, and the Involuntary Confession
The voluntariness of a confession can be challenged in civil proceedings, when statements are obtained through the interviewer’s use of threats and promises. In other words, an involuntary confession is generally useless.
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?
The History of Interrogation According to Wicklander-Zulawski
BACKGROUND: Several years ago, the team at Wicklander-Zulawski was asked to discuss the history of interrogation at a conference along with its present situation...
LP Interrogation Techniques Can Work as Negotiation Tactics
Negotiation tactics are synonymous with terms ranging from compromise and mediation to haggle and interrogation. It is not difficult to argue the fact that...
Who’s Telling the Truth? Tips for a Loss Prevention Investigator
Let’s consider the context under which an individual decides to lie. First and foremost is the deceptive individual’s fear of detection. The fear of...