ABC News’ “Primetime: Crime” was granted unprecedented access to the inner-workings of the Houston Homicide Division, to explore how Homicide Detective Sgt. Brian Harris conducts interviews in the interrogation room, otherwise known to law enforcement as “The Box”.

Sergeant Harris emphasizes that coercive interview techniques are ineffective when trying to illicit information from a suspect: “I treat them with dignity,” he told ABC News’ Chris Cuomo. “If they can see me as a person that views them with dignity, the chances of communicating are starting to open up.”

Indeed it’s true: when trying to illicit information from someone, research shows that non-coercive interview techniques based on rapport building have been proven to be the most effective.  One extremely important part of rapport building involves reading emotions and then reacting to those emotions appropriately.

Take a look at the video below for Part 1 of “Inside the Interrogation Room”.

Also, don’t forget to take a look at Dr. Matsumoto, Dr. Hwang and Dr. Frank’s front cover article “The Role of Emotion in Predicting Violence” in this month’s edition of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.

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Jaymie Adams, from Blanchard, Oklahoma was missing since December 10, 2011 when her body was recently found in a wooded area.

According to her husband Justin Adams, the pregnant mother of three was last seen after she went to go meet a friend at a local Mc Donalds and never made it home. He then later recanted his story and said his wife was soliciting ads on Craigslist and was going to meet a client.

After her initial disappearance, Justin made an emotional plea, seen below. Do you see anything suspicious?

Click here to view the embedded video.

Many of our viewers have expressed an interest in seeing more real-life video examples of facial expressions of emotion, and microexpressions in general.

We’ve taken the time in this blog post to compile some past blogs which feature video footage where you can practice your deception detection skills.

Don’t forget that we’re also open to suggestions. If there is a video that you would like us to take a look at, don’t hesitate to contact us. Your suggestion may even become the feature of our next blog post!

Microexpression Examples

Spelling Bee

Michael Astorga

Chris Brown on Good Morning America

Hot Spotting

Jonathan Edwards

Balloon Boy, Salahis, Scott Peterson

Roger Clemens

Gestures

Habit or gestural slip?

A Christmas Story

Emotion

Bill O’Reilly on The View

LeBron James