Obviously the justice system finds it useful if they continue to use it for interrogation purposes. The Reid Technique is a specific technique and not difficult to understand. There are nine steps in the Reid Technique and according to them "The investigator is meant to hammer home the indisputable guilt of the suspect and highlight the futility of denials in light of the overwhelming evidence, while at the same time offering sympathy and potential justifications that encourage the person to consider confession as more acceptable” (32). Evidence suggests that both of these approaches commonly referred to as minimization and maximization can contribute to false confession (32). minimization with students accused of fraud (“I'm sure you didn't realize how serious it was”), the rate of false confessions tripled things could be resolved fairly quickly [with a signed confession]”), the rate increased sevenfold”