Investigative Interviewing Flashcards
The art of conversation with witnesses, victims, and persons of interest to obtain accurate and reliable information in order to discover the truth about a matter under investigation.
Investigative Interviewing
Oral communication between persons.
Conversation
A process which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.
Communication
A non-adversarial structured conversation designed to illicit information about a situation at hand.
Interview
The formal, systematic, or intensive questioning by law enforcement of a person arrested or suspected of a crime.
Interrogation
Refers to the words only and believed to account for only 10% of communication.
Verbal Communication
What are the three aspects to words in verbal communication?
Content
Meaning
Feeling
Refers to not relating to the use of words and can account for a large portion of communication (body language).
Non-verbal Communication
What is the #1 rule in the interpretation of non-verbal communication?
Look for breaks in eye contact
What is the primary purpose of an interview?
Define the nature of the offense if a crime has been committed.
The ability to take in information, encode it, store it, and retrieve it at a later time.
Memory
What are the 3 main FORMS of memory storage?
Sensory
Short-term
Long-term
What are the 3 main STAGES of memory?
Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
True or False?
Distraction prevents encoding.
True
What are the 10 principles of investigative interviewing?
- Interviewing
- Discovering the Truth
- Information Gathering
- Having an Open Mind
- Acting Fairly
- Persistent Questioning
- Special Considerations for Witnesses
- Lawful Interview of Suspects
- Special Considerations for Suspects
- Cultural and Religious Considerations
