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A recent study shows that individuals deprived of sleep are less willing to providing information during a criminal investigation. Iowa State University released the results of the study in June. It ...

The days of physical pain and threats are over in modern day criminal investigations. Interview and interrogation is a critical component in criminal investigations and subsequent prosecutions and has ...

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Travis DuBois Sr., admitted that he was an obvious suspect for the murders of his two children. After a lengthy and confrontational interview, he even gave a confession to the FBI that he stabbed both ...

During the last city council meeting for 2013, Councilman Nick Mosby (D-District 7) introduced “Ban the Box,” a bill that would bar prospective employers from asking, in the initial job interview, if ...

An experimental study suggests that sleep restriction may hinder information disclosure during criminal interviews, contradicting widespread assumptions about the effectiveness of sleep deprivation as ...

Brooke Shields was interviewed a lot after she posed in a provocative Calvin Klein campaign at the age of 15, but her sit-down with Barbara Walters, she says, was “practically criminal.” “It’s ...

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