Improving Accuracy Of EWT: Cog Interview

Question 1

What are the 4 main techniques used in cognitive interview

Answer 1

1. Report everything
2. Reinstate context
3. Reverse the order
4. Change the perspective

Question 2

Outline ‘report everything’

Answer 2

1. Encouraged to include every detail of event

2. Trivial things may be important or trigger memories

Question 3

Outline ‘reinstate context’

Answer 3

1. Return to crime scene in mind
2. Imagine environment and also their emotions
3. Related to context dependant forgetting

Question 4

Outline ‘reverse the order’

Answer 4

1. Recalled in different chronological order
2. To prevent them biasing recall with knowledge of actual events
3. Also prevents dishonesty

Question 5

Describe change perspective

Answer 5

1. Recall of incident from offenders or others perspective

2. Disrupts effects of schema and expectations of recall

Question 6

Describe some features of enhanced cognitive interview

Answer 6

1. Focus on social dynamics of interview
2. When to establish eye contact
3. How to minimise anxiety and distractions
4. Open ended questions

Question 7

A03

Answer 7

1. Time consuming
2. Some elements more important than others
3. Meta analysis for effectiveness of enhanced
4. Increase in incorrect info as well as correct

Question 8

CI is time consuming

Answer 8

1. Police reluctant to use as more time than standard interview
2. Such as time to establish rapport and relaxation
3. Special training but most forces only provide a few hours so not proper CI
4. Weakness as expensive and cannot be applied properly

Question 9

Some elements more important than others

Answer 9

1. Each individual element produced more than standard interview
2. Report everything and context reinstatement best combo
3. Means just these two can be used even if full Ci isn’t

Question 10

Support for effectiveness of ECI

Answer 10

1. Meta anyslis of 50 studies
2. Enhanced ci consistently provided more correct info than standard interview
3. Shows real value of Ci in producing evidence, thus giving good validity and also benefits society as criminals caught

Question 11

CI also creates an increase in INACCURATE information

Answer 11

1. 81% increase in correct information
2. 61% increase of incorrect info
3. When enhanced Ci compared to standard interview