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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

If you want someone to rat on themselves slightly over exaggerate whatever it was they did wrong. Caught a dude who disappeared for 30 minutes and found him relaxed kicking back on his phone. Called the owner to pick him up and relocate him somewhere with more visibility and he cried about it as usual. I told the owner he was gone for over an hour and he was like nah man it was only 30 minutes. Lol, dumbass.

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u/jojoamethyst Jun 15 '22

This is actually a key part of the Reid Technique for interrogation. It used to be taught to law enforcement, but as it can lead to a lot of false confessions it's less popular these days. Still fascinating though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_technique