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The term originates from police interrogation techniques, but it has spread to other fields such as sport where a team captain/coach may use the same system. It's also very widely used in parenting.

The basis of the technique is for two cops to interrogate a suspect; one cop is aggressive and tries to intimidate the suspect. The other cop is "good" and tries to befriend the suspect, telling him that the "bad" cop will make things very difficult for him, that the bad cop is notorious in the station and so on. The hope is that the good cop will be trusted and the suspect will confess or give information.

The crux of the technique is that both cops have planned the technique, and planned who is the good cop, who is the bad.

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