Faculty Sponsor
Sidney Dement
Abstract
In this paper, the author analyzes the Reid Technique – the most commonly employed interrogation technique in the United States – to argue that it employs disinformation to reinforce the power and authority of the police while disregarding the harm caused to the individual suspect. Furthermore, the author shows how the Reid Technique reproduces the structural, systemic side of disinformation when false confessions lead to wrongful convictions that codify disinformation as legal precedent. In turn, these wrongful convictions are interpreted as high-quality data that gets incorporated into the fabric of what scholars and members of our society know about crime and justice in America.
Recommended Citation
Perez, J. L. (2025). The Systemic Side of Disinformation: The Reid Technique as Exploitative Knowledge Production. Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal, 10(1). Retrieved from https://orb.binghamton.edu/alpenglowjournal/vol10/iss1/4
