The Challenges and Overcoming ThemThere are many challenges that an officer faces when it comes to interviews and interrogations. Some challenges include determining if someone is a potential suspect through information received during an interview, preparing for interrogation, issues with the legality of Miranda warnings, deception of the officer, emotional balance and, above all, the prevention of false confessions. discovered by a suspect during an interview can make the appropriate attitude and structure of the interview play an important role in the success of the interview or interrogation. The structure of the interrogation will also determine success. When Miranda rights were created, police had a harder time getting information from suspects. Suspects were more likely to obtain their right to counsel or answer questions more vaguely, leading to longer and less effective interrogations. Agents looked for other ways to obtain confessions without violating Miranda rights. Many psychological techniques have become more common, such as the “good cop, bad cop” routine; one detective appears to question the suspect while the other detective appears to protect the suspect, thus creating trust between the "good cop" and the suspect. The officers also now tell the suspect about all the terrible things he could face if convicted of the crime, and appear to help the suspect by promising him a lesser sentence if he cooperates with the police. “For a time, police tried methods such as polygraphs to determine whether the suspect was deceptive, but polygraphs and polygraph training are expensive, and the results are almost never admissible in court” (Layton, 2011)....... middle of paper ... I wasn't committed. The 104 participants were paired, with one being the interrogator and the other the suspect in a simulated robbery. Some suspects were to be labeled “guilty,” while others were to be labeled “not guilty.” The interrogators were given 10 minutes to ask questions and then report to the judge their opinion and the degree of confidence in their opinion. The findings of the experiment showed that the interrogators of the innocent suspects exerted more pressure to obtain confessions than those of the guilty. Additionally, innocent people were found guilty more often than those who committed the crime. This information parallels other data discovered during actual interrogations. Police officers often assume guilt before they have enough evidence to prove it, and when the interrogation doesn't go their way, they tend to try to force a confession...