Evaluation of Ethical Interviews for Understanding the Offender

Question 1

+ Use by police

Answer 1

By 2010, 70% of all police officers had been trained in ethical interview techniques, showing that police forces must think it is an effective interview technique

Question 2

+ More info from benefit fraud cheats

Answer 2

It has been found that the use of ethical interview techniques gained more information from suspected benefit fraud cheats

Question 3

+ Fewer false confessions

Answer 3

As ethical interview techniques discard methods such as intimidation, it leads to fewer false confessions, saving taxpayer money

Question 4

• Empathy not used appropriately

Answer 4

It has been found that empathy was not always used appropriately within police interview, so the ethical interview may not be effective

Question 5

• Long time to plan

Answer 5

Ethical interview take a long time to planso may not be possible if interviews must been conducted quickly to gain information

Question 6

• Only effect was longer interviews

Answer 6

It has been found that the only effect that training in ethical interview techniques had was that the interview were longer, so the training may not be effective in terms of the skills needed