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OPPOSITE PERSONALITY TECHNIQUE – an
interrogation technique usually known as “Mutt and
Jeff”, “Threat and Rescue”, “Bud Guy – God Guy’,
“Sweet and Sour”, “Sugar and Vinegar”, “Devil and
Angel”. This technique employ two interrogators
playing opposite roles.

OPPRESSION – an act of cruelty, severity, unlawful
execution, domination, or excessive use of authority. The
exercise of the unlawful powers or other means, in
depriving an individual of his liberty or property
against his will, is generally an act of oppression.

OPTIMUS INTERPRES RERUM EST USUS – the
best interpreter of things is usage.

ORDEAL – a severe test of character or endurance; a
trying course of experience, A medieval form of
judicial trial in which the accused was subjected to
physical tests, as carrying or walking over burning
objects or immersing the hand in scalding water,
the result being considered a divine judgment of
guilt or innocence.

ORDER – an instruction given by a ranking officer to
a subordinate

ORDINARY CRIMINAL – the lowest form of criminal
in a criminal career. He does not stick to crime as
a profession but rather being pushed to commit
crimes due to a great opportunity.

ORDINARY INFORMANTS – informants that are
under the compulsion to report info to the police

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