CSI: Surviving Cross-Examination
Every maneuver by a defence counsel is cleverly designed to raise reasonable doubt in the evidence and processes presented by the prosecution. Aggressive methods used to undermine your credibility can also be expected. Good defence counsels can “think on their feet” and burst out in rapid fire. When you see these techniques coming, you can brace yourself for a difficult time on the witness stand.
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Civil Service Investigation: INTERROGATION
With overwhelming evidence supporting the suspect involvement and all your diplomatic attempts at getting a confession comes to nothing, what do you do? Conduct an interrogation. The goal of an interrogation is to get the suspect to confess. A master interrogator uses psychological tools to get inside the mind of a suspect.
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Winning With Words
Good writing is more about thinking than just technical know-how, rules, grammar, punctuation, and syntax; and facts “do-not-speak-for-themselves”. The goal of this workshop is to help you become a good business writer. Hundreds of corporate professionals have benefited and it comes highly recommended. The reason: it is simple, and it works!
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Deception Detection
Spotting the lie is often tough. Polygraph tests, also known as “lie detectors”, are typically based on detecting autonomic reactions and are considered unreliable. But machines and computer programs aren’t the only way of detecting lies. Scientists believe that people can be trained to recognize liars through behavioral cues.
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