COGNITIVE INTERVIEW AND ETHICAL INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES Flashcards
What is a cognitive interview?
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- Helps witness produce ^accurate recall of a crime scene
What is the aim of an ethical interview?
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- Reduce nb of false statements gained through police coercion
What does the enhanced cognitive interview involve?
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- Maintain eye-contact w witness, open questions, get witness speak slowly through account
What does the PEACE model of ethical interviewing involve?
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1) Preparation and planning (identify key obj)
2) Engage and explain - active listening (^rapport)
3) Account, clarification, challenge - open ended Q’s
4) Closure - give suspect chance to ask questions
5) Evaluate - reflect on interviewer’s performance
Evaluate cognitive/ethical interview techniques
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CI = ^effective than standard interview. Geiselman et al. showed ppt film of violent crime then interviewed by officer using CI or standard interview. Avg correctly recalled facts (CI) = 41.2, standard was 29.4
Köhnken et al. found 81% increase in correct info using CI techniques but this was offset by 61%^ in incorrect info, compared w standard
EI = ^success. Holmberg and Christianson studied murderers’ experiences of police interviews, found interviews of intimidation/dominance (police) = most associated with denials. Interviews of respect and +attitude to suspect = confessions
What does ‘report everything’ involve?
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- Encouraged to report every detail of event
What does ‘reinstate the context’ involve?
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- Asked to imagine all aspects of scene e.g. weather, how they felt during
- Context cues = aid recall
What does ‘reverse the order’ involve?
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- Describe what they saw in diff chrono order
- Likely give truer account, no relying on expectations
What does ‘change perspective’ involve?
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- Asked to tell story from someone else’s POV
What are the stages of cognitive interview?
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- Report everything
- Reinstate the context
- Reverse the order
- Change perspective
