When I see you, I also see myself in you. I hear you because you and I connect on some level, whether through words or body language. This is the beginning of falling in love, developing empathy for another person, building a neighborly relationship, or connecting...
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Continued Learning Opportunities Attract Law Enforcement to the 2017 Annual CVSA Conference
Receiving a certificate to hang on your office wall is a wonderful feeling. It shows you have worked hard and attained recognition in a specialized area of knowledge. In the daily routine of life, though, maybe you have forgotten about that framed document. Stop and...
The Importance of Consistent Truth Verification Examinations in Child Abuse Cases
We hold that precious new baby in our arms and promise to protect this tiny human being with everything in our power. It’s difficult to trust anyone outside of our family or friend circle with the care of our beloved child, but sometimes we have to trust a nanny or...
Why Rapport Building is an Effective Strategy in Detainee Interviews
In 1967, an American soldier was shot down from the sky, suffered multiple injuries, and became a POW for five years. He was brutally tortured during that time, and while he made a confession and provided limited information, he never gave the North Vietnamese any...
The Role of CVSA in Criminal Investigation Telephonic Interviews
Most people get a better sense of a person when meeting them face-to-face. The person sitting across from us in an interview may steeple their fingers in a show of confidence or cross their arms over their chest defensively. But interviewing someone over the phone is...
Preventing Escalation of Attacks Against Innocent Suspects With the CVSA Interview
The schoolyard bully who lashes out at their classmates is often hurting inside, but these misguided cries for help can senselessly endanger those around them. Just as in false allegations of sexual assault, those who feel ignored may not consider the consequences of...
Taking Environmental Crime and Eco-Terrorism into the Police Interview Room
I just poured myself a glass of tap water and am drinking it, trusting that my local municipality is concerned about the safety of that life-sustaining liquid. Some people aren’t so lucky. We take our planet and its gifts for granted sometimes, but criminal acts can...
The Importance of Truth Verification in Lone Wolf Terrorist Interrogations
Humans are pack animals on a more evolved level than a wolf pack. Our instinct to bond together in groups is a positive trait, except when that group threatens the safety of others—or when one person becomes a “lone wolf” on the attack. The lone wolf terrorist can...
Using CVSA to Deal with Deception and Fraud in Pharmaceutical Company Lawsuits
We’ve all seen those pharmaceutical ads featuring smiling people hiking through the forest or enjoying life with increased vigor thanks to some medication. Then the announcer lists the side effects—could cause nausea, allergic reactions—and sometimes death....
It’s In Our DNA: Solving Cold Cases with CVSA and Forensic Science
Somewhere on a dusty shelf in a police agency is a box of files containing the tragic story of someone’s lost loved one. Those black and white crime scene photos tell of a woman who never got to meet her grandchildren or a man who's been buried for a decade. There are...