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Custodial Interrogations: What We Know,
What We Do, and What We Can Learn from
Law Enforcement Experiences
Ariel Neuman
Daniel Salinas-Serrano
Harvard Law School
April 2005
Conducted under the supervision of Professor Philip Heymann 108
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Completion of this paper would have been impossible without the invaluable assistance and
support of many individuals. First, we thank Harvard Law School professor Philip Heymann, Dr.
Robert Fein, and Secret Service Agent (Ret.) Bryan Vossekuil for their invaluable and unwavering
support, counsel, and advice throughout. Our countless meetings and conversations helped direct our
research and shape ideas without which our efforts would have come to a screeching halt. We are
also indebted to Supervisory Special Agent Brian Boetig, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s
Law Enforcement Communication Unit, and the rest of the helpful staff at the FBI Academy in
Quantico, Virginia, for making our visit there an informative one. Likewise, our research would have
been significantly undermined without the incalculable assistance and hospitality of Mark Fallon,
Deputy Assistant Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Training Academy, and the
rest of the staff at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. Finally, we
would like to thank Daniel J. Coleman, Deputy Superintendent and Commander of the Homicide
Unit of the Boston Police Department, Colin Sturgeon, Detective Superintendent of the Police
Service of Northern Ireland, and Lieutenant Albert F. Pierce, Jr., MIT Police Department, for sharing
their incomparable experience and perspectives on the topic of custodial interrogation. Any and all
mistakes or omissions contained in this paper are the sole responsibility of its authors.
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