ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training. ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military offers comprehensive treatment of ORBIT's unique perspective on human rapport and the role it plays in the interrogation of difficult subjects, including
suspects, detainees, and high value targets. Alison and colleagues provide an overview of ORBIT, which was developed from analysis of nearly 2000 hours of recorded interrogations. They go on to define rapport,
explaining how and why it works by reference to this corpus of data--by far the largest of its kind in the world. ORBIT reveals what this data shows: that rapport-based methods work, and that coercion, persuasion, and threats do not. Outlining the development of their own unique stance on rapport and its influences, the authors demonstrate, through real-life examples and careful analysis, why harsh methods must be rejected and why compassion and understanding work.
ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training. ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military offers comprehensive treatment of ORBIT's unique perspective on human rapport and the role it plays in the interrogation of difficult subjects, including
suspects, detainees, and high value targets. Alison and colleagues provide an overview of ORBIT, which was developed from analysis of nearly 2000 hours of recorded interrogations. They go on to define rapport,
explaining how and why it works by reference to this corpus of data--by far the largest of its kind in the world. ORBIT reveals what this data shows: that rapport-based methods work, and that coercion, persuasion, and threats do not. Outlining the development of their own unique stance on rapport and its influences, the authors demonstrate, through real-life examples and careful analysis, why harsh methods must be rejected and why compassion and understanding work.
1. A Blighted History: From the Lancaster Witch Trials to 9/11
2. Rapport, Resistance and Reactance
3. ORBIT: The Basics
4. The Interpersonal Management of an Interview
5. Counter Interrogation
6. Imminent Threat Interviews
7. Outside the Room Factors
8. Training ORBIT
9. Outside our ORBIT
Alison, Alison, Shortland, and Surmon-Bohr have worked together for
eight years. Together they have collaborated with practitioners and
gained unique access to real-world data, producing high-quality,
rigorous research that has informed training and practice. The team
currently provides training to the National Counter-Terrorism
Police Network, the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, the
Joint
Forces Intelligence Group, and a range of other organizations.
Laurence Alison is Professor of Forensic and Investigative
Psychology at the University of Liverpool.
Emily Alison has worked as a behavioral consultant psychologist for
the last 20 years, providing treatment in both the criminal justice
sector and in the community.
Neil Shortland is the Director for the Centre for Terrorism and
Security Studies (CTSS) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
and Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and
Criminal Justice.
Frances Surmon-Bohr is a part-time Research Associate at the
University of Liverpool.
"This is a MUST read for practitioners, academics, and students
alike. I do not say this lightly. The book from start to finish is
intelligently written and sensitive to the practical aspects of the
research-base. The book is so well written that it guides the
reader through the under-pinning classic theory that ORBIT is based
upon and applies the theoretical literature to the practicalities
of interviewing/interrogating those most difficult to communicate
and
engage with."
-- Professor Rebecca Milne, Criminology, University of
Portsmouth
"Far too many in the law enforcement, intelligence, and security
domains cling to an archaic belief that force, threats, and
deprivation are central to securing a confession. This book
demolishes that foundation and offers an evidence-based
alternative, one that systematically reduces counter-interrogation
strategies and increases information yield while steadfastly
adhering to the highest standards of procedural justice. This book
should be the 'go to'
reference on every desk within law enforcement and security
organizations worldwide."
-- Steven M. Kleinman, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
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