The flawed interview of a psychopathic killer: what went wrong?
✍ Scribed by Frank S. Perri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1544-4759
- DOI
- 10.1002/jip.128
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The flawed interview of convicted killer Christopher Porco illustrates what occurs when a suspect's psychopathic traits are not considered in formulating an interview strategy. Specific areas of the dialogue between Christopher Porco and law enforcement demonstrates that traditional methods of interviewing may not produce a confession or valuable information when it comes to psychopathic suspects. Although the traditional goal of an interview is to obtain a confession or valuable information, law enforcement will have to display flexibility in the interview process by implementing alternative interview strategies and redefining what a successful interview is composed of when these suspects are unwilling to confess to their crimes. Failure to remain flexible, as displayed in the Christopher Porco case, which yielded neither a confession nor valuable information, can jeopardise the strength of a homicide case that ultimately may go to trial. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.