Police Interrogators Often Use Minimizing Techniques to Secure Confessions

question 5

Multiple Choice

Police interrogators often use minimizing techniques to secure confessions.Which of the following is one such tactic?

• A) expressing certainty in the suspect's guilt
• B) claiming to have an eyewitness to the crime
• C) showing sympathy and understanding
• D) minimizing the suspect by showing their own superiority

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