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1 groups and attitude change and behavior control, so
2 these have to do with extreme techniques of
3 influence brought to bear on indiv~iduals to change
4 their perspectives and ready them for management by
5 what are generally called consult groups.
6 Then there are a series of publications
7 there --
8 Q When was that, approximately, Doctor?
9 A Those would have been in the mid to late
10 1980s.
11 Q Okay.
12 A And then in 1989, I published a paper on
13 coerced confessions, which was based on a series of
14 case studies that I have done of police
15 interrogations.
16 Q And when, in fact, did you become involved
17 with the study of police interrogations?
18 A Probably about 198 -- well, police
19 interrogation as it appears in the United States,
20 probably in about 1988 or so was the first time that
21 I specifically studied American police interrogation
22 tactics.
23 Q Now, before you started studying
24 specifically American police interrogation tactics,
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