Tom Williamson was a senior police officer in both the Metropolitan and Nottinghamshire police forces. He was also one of the pioneers behind the establishment of the Institute of Criminal Justice at Portsmouth University in 1992.

• Part I: Developments in Rights 1. Investigative interviewing and human rights in the war on terrorism 2. Al-Qaeda-related subjects: a law enforcement perspective 3. American interrogation methods in the war on terror 4. The interrogation of terrorist suspects: the banality of torture Part II: Developments in Research 5. The psychology of rapport: five basic rules 6. Confessions by sex offenders 7. The psychology of interrogations and confessions 8. Towards greater professionalism: minimizing miscarriages of justice 9. Will it all end in tiers? Police interviews with suspects in Britain 10. The Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation 11. A critical appraisal of the Reid Technique 12. Investigative interviewing and the detection of deception Part III: Developments in Regulation 13. Recovered memories 14. Investigative interviewing: suspects' and victims' rights in balance 15. Regulating police interrogation 16. Conclusion

Tom Williamson was a senior police officer in both the Metropolitan and Nottinghamshire police forces. He was also one of the pioneers behind the establishment of the Institute of Criminal Justice at Portsmouth University in 1992.

• Part I: Developments in Rights 1. Investigative interviewing and human rights in the war on terrorism 2. Al-Qaeda-related subjects: a law enforcement perspective 3. American interrogation methods in the war on terror 4. The interrogation of terrorist suspects: the banality of torture Part II: Developments in Research 5. The psychology of rapport: five basic rules 6. Confessions by sex offenders 7. The psychology of interrogations and confessions 8. Towards greater professionalism: minimizing miscarriages of justice 9. Will it all end in tiers? Police interviews with suspects in Britain 10. The Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation 11. A critical appraisal of the Reid Technique 12. Investigative interviewing and the detection of deception Part III: Developments in Regulation 13. Recovered memories 14. Investigative interviewing: suspects' and victims' rights in balance 15. Regulating police interrogation 16. Conclusion

Tom Williamson was a senior police officer in both the Metropolitan and Nottinghamshire police forces. He was also one of the pioneers behind the establishment of the Institute of Criminal Justice at Portsmouth University in 1992.

• Part I: Developments in Rights 1. Investigative interviewing and human rights in the war on terrorism 2. Al-Qaeda-related subjects: a law enforcement perspective 3. American interrogation methods in the war on terror 4. The interrogation of terrorist suspects: the banality of torture Part II: Developments in Research 5. The psychology of rapport: five basic rules 6. Confessions by sex offenders 7. The psychology of interrogations and confessions 8. Towards greater professionalism: minimizing miscarriages of justice 9. Will it all end in tiers? Police interviews with suspects in Britain 10. The Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation 11. A critical appraisal of the Reid Technique 12. Investigative interviewing and the detection of deception Part III: Developments in Regulation 13. Recovered memories 14. Investigative interviewing: suspects' and victims' rights in balance 15. Regulating police interrogation 16. Conclusion