Fisher Flashcards
what subsection is fisher apart of .?
interviewing a witness
what does fisher look into?
cognitive interviewing
what are the four main techniques?
recreating the context
witness reports everything they can think of
witness tries to describe events from someone else’s point of view
witness tries to describe events in reverse order
what is the aim of this study?
compare the performance of experienced detectives pre and post training in cit
then compare performance post training to performance group
what was the sample size ?
16 experienced detectives
7 completed training
9 were untrained
where were the sample from?
florida
how many interviews did detectives record pre training?
recorded 5-7 each over 4 months
total of 88 interviews
how much training did detectives under go?
7 detectives underwent four 1 hour sessions
how many interviews were recorded post training?
47 over 7 months ( less as 3 untrained dropped out)
what was the results of information recorded pre and post?
47% more information was recorded post training
what was the second result of the pre and post training?
6/7 did better, only one did worse as they did not take note of the suggestions given
what was the result of the trained group compared to the control group?
63% more information recorded in the interviews conducted by trained detectives
what do the results show ?
these results show the effectiveness of the cognitive it compared to traditional interviewing techniques
argued training is relatively easy to provide also .
