PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture 5: Interview guidelines and strategies
3 Nov 2020
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This report stated how a successful interview" should be reported. Ask open-ended questions: probably the most violated part of good interviewing. Ask witness to imagine circumstances of event: cognitive aspect. Encourage non verbal communication: gestures, drawings, use of objects avoid interrupting witness ask witness not to discuss incident with other witnesses this is because the reports of other witnesses might impact / change their own memory. Ask witness to avoid contact with media, and with media accounts of event: same problem when discussing it with other witnesses (altering their account) Encourage witness to make contact again if more remembered. Wright and alison (2004) canadian interview strategies. Surveyed florida police interviews for adherence to 1999 u. s. doj interview guidelines. 59% of questions yes/no: high amount of closed questions. 44% of interviews involved negative rapport-building don"t remember these exactly, just know if there was a high percentage or not* compo et al (2012) interview techniques.
