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Episode No. 52 Interviewing Sexually
Motivated Offenders Date:
April 17, 2009 Notes:
Interviewing sexually motivated offenders with author, expert and retired police detective Don Howell.
Detective Don Howell, Huntington Beach Police Department (ret.) “graduated
with honors with a degree in Police Science and Administration. He spent 25 years as a police officer for two different agencies
in Southern California cities. As a detective for more than 15 years, he specialized in the investigation
of sexual assaults and child abuse. Don Howell is a court certified expert in these areas and is a highly sought after consultant
to agencies on complex cases. As a consultant to the California Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and training
(P.O.S.T.), Don was considered to be one of the best in his field and was selected to assist in making a teleconference course
on rape investigations.” Detective Don Howell is the author of Interviewing Sexually Motivated Offenders
and Interviewing Sex Crime Victims.
According to the book description of
Interviewing Sexually Motivated Offenders, “Sex offenders are the most fascinating criminals
law enforcement deals with. Taking the mystery out of interviewing them isn't difficult. Replacing the complex psychological
definitions with a working understanding of how sex offenders think and act is the key to improving your interviewing skills.
Combine this with the five trademarks of the actual interview and you have a new interviewing strategy that will increase
your confession rate. This is not magic. Instead it approaches interviewing the sex offender from a different direction or
perspective, to allow you to identify the offender's behavior and use it to your advantage.”
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