Reid Technique Audio

John Reid was a police officer who came up with idea, the Reid technique. It has become a technique many police departments use. However, it has it's problems. It can cause innocent people to be sent to prison for something they didn't do. The Reid technique involves observing a person being interrogated or interviewed to determine if they are guilty or not. Some things Police Officers look at is the body language, whether they keep playing with their hands, pretending to pick at imaginary lint off their clothes, shaking their legs... etc. The problem with this is, it causes anxiety to the point where people confess to something they know they did not do. Pressuring people for hours only makes them want to get out of the situation regardless if they did or did not commit the suspected crime. There have been examples of people who have been in prison and years later, it is later revealed that they were innocent. This then leads to the cops being under investigation for not doing their jobs right or the city being sued for all types of false accusations.

One thing that was mentioned was how television portrays investigations and interrogations. That is also false. In real life, it is boring. Television makes these situations very dramatic, go figure. More and more cases have appeared since the Reid Technique has been used and it has shown over and over again that there are obvious flaws to using this technique. This is why a new technique is starting to be used, it is called P.E.A.C.E which stands for preparation and planning, engage and explain, account, closure, and evaluate. This is well known in England because that is where it began.
This technique helps officers distinguish between a lie and the truth better than the Reid technique. It makes the person getting interviewed/interrogated say more details. This can cause someone to trip up their story. It gets harder to retell the scenario again and again with the same details. Personally, I feel like I would prefer using the PEACE technique because some people already know how to restrain themselves from looking anxious and that may throw off an officer, also because if it has been proven that the Reid technique has so many flaws than obviously there should be changes made.

Silent Students Say No

Highschoolers are standing up and saying STOP. They are tired of losing peers, family, and friends. I am happy that people, highschoolers to be exact are speaking up and taking action. I think back to all those times my peers and I did not agree with things but did nothing to make a change because everyone was either scared or thought it wouldn't change anything. It's sad that it takes a couple of school shootings for students to try taking these situations in their own hands. It makes me wonder what the students from Lewis University would do if a shooting happened here, would we unite? Would we speak up and take action or would we do nothing?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html

Freewrite

I am currently on my break at work. Earlier, I decided to walk around the store just to see what was happening outside of the office. It’s a Tuesday, so it’s not as busy as it would be on a Saturday or Sunday, thank God. I always swore I wouldn’t work in retail again and yet here I am, except this time my position is different. The setting remains the same and the people remain rude. I work at T.J Maxx in Countryside as Loss Prevention. I’m that person just watching everyone making sure no one is stealing and when I catch something, people are apprehended by my team or by the police. We are always watching. Since that’s a core skill in my position to have, it’s quite interesting what people will do for money. There are so many tactics I had never thought of before getting this job. It can be a good day or a boring day sometimes it all depends. People surprise me at the lengths they’ll go to in order to get what they want.

Father in Little Village kills his 2 year old

http://abc7chicago.com/father-charged-with-murdering-2-year-old-son-denied-bond/3128491/#

So this happened last week, and when I heard about it I was so mad!

His reason as to why he killed his own kid is not acceptable. I get mad because of many crazy people there are today especially knowing how close this happened from my house. It makes you think about who your neighbors are. It makes me sad that the man knew right from wrong and continued to pin down his kid and it wasn't enough to hold him down, he had to involve a knife and he didn't think twice he just started to slit his throat. I don't get it, I will never understand how people have no conscious when committing such crimes.

Narrative Project

I'm curious to know some of the reasons why people are studying criminal justice.  I'm interested in knowing what has pushed them to want to be a part of such a corrupt system. I know for me personally, I am tired of hearing articles where police officers take advantage of their powers and get away with it. I want to be that percent of people who actually do their job with the intention of helping the community seeing as how bad it is now.

Man dies of dehydration because of correctional officers.

What do you think?
Who is to blame?
What does this make you think about the people working in these positions?


http://abcnews.go.com/US/milwaukee-jail-officials-charged-inmates-death-dehydration/story?id=53026125

Writing is my weakness

Randomly typing up a blog because I need a break from writing and revising. Writing has always been my weakness so it can get stressful.



How I feel sometimes...