The Moment an Interview Becomes an Interrogation

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Categories: Crime | Detective | Mystery

Interviews and interrogations are not the same, and the difference matters. In this session, a veteran police officer explains how investigators approach questioning, what verbal and nonverbal cues they watch for, and when an interview becomes an interrogation. A live mock interview demonstrates how these techniques play out in real time, giving writers practical tools for creating tense and believable questioning scenes.

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