History of Forensic Interviewing

Laney, Cara; Loftus, Elizabeth F.

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“…Second, both practitioners and investigators seek effective methods and techniques to encourage witness testimonies and motivate suspects to confess. However, there is an ongoing debate among researchers concerning the optimal empirically-based interrogation strategies, tactics, and techniques in both Europe (e.g., Holzhauer, 2016 ; Sticher, 2007 ) and internationally ( Laney and Loftus, 2016 ; Snook et al, 2021 ). Empirical knowledge and research findings have identified several factors that predict interrogation outcomes.…”

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“…Since 2010, there has been an ongoing debate about what constitutes a good interrogation, in both research and practice in Germany (e.g., Sticher, 2007 ; Holzhauer, 2016 ) and internationally (e.g., Snook et al, 2021 ; cf. Laney and Loftus, 2016 ). In this study, we aimed to focus on the evidence-based factors that underlie interrogation success in police services.…”

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Police Officers’ Interrogation Expertise and Major Objectives in Police Service and Training: A Comprehensive Overview of the Literature

Thielgen

Schade

Niegisch³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Interrogation is a core task of practical police work. The outcomes of interrogation often provide crucial evidence for solving criminal cases. The success of interrogation depends on interactions between police officers and citizens. Based on a comprehensive literature overview, we propose a three-factor typology for interrogations by police officers. First, the competencies of police officers refer to the application of personal, professional, social, and methodological capabilities. The underlying concept of interrogation refers to the application of both explicit and implicit experience-based interrogation models. Communication refers to the goal-directed application of communication tactics and techniques. According to this typology, we discuss the major objectives of police interrogation in police service and training from police officers’ perspectives. The present study provides guidance for practical police services and training by offering an evidence-based interrogation standard.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Police Officers’ Interrogation Expertise and Major Objectives in Police Service and Training: A Comprehensive Overview of the Literature

Thielgen

Schade

Niegisch³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…This interview is conducted by a competently trained, neutral professional utilizing research and practice-informed techniques as part of a larger investigative process." The use of this approach has been effective in obtaining factual information, especially from children and was developed as a result of a multitude of problematic interview approaches historically used with children [15,20,21,37,43,57,60,61,69].…”

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A Robot Forensic Interviewer

Henkel

Bethel

2017

Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction

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The goal of this paper is to begin a discussion of the benefits, challenges, and ethical concerns related to the use of robots as intermediaries for obtaining sensitive information from children within the human-robot interaction (HRI), criminology, sociology, legal, and psychological communities. This work examines how robots may impede disclosures from children, encourage inaccurate disclosures, facilitate unintended disclosures, provide a more reliable interviewer, decrease the likelihood of misleading children, and enhance forensic interviews through high fidelity data logging. Open research questions, proposed research studies, and pathways toward deployment of robots as forensic interviewers are provided. As HRI researchers working in an interdisciplinary team, with members trained by the National Child Advocacy Center in Child Forensic Interview Protocols, we believe sustaining a dialogue concerning the design and appropriate use of robots in this area is essential for continued progress.

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“…This is a vital question in the context of child maltreatment and the rule of law (Saywitz et al 2017). High-profile cases in several countries suggest that erroneous beliefs held about child witness memory (Dodier and Tomas 2018;Merckelbach and Patihis 2018) have resulted in the conviction of likely innocent persons (Goodman et al 2007;Laney and Loftus 2016). It is likely that erroneous beliefs about child witnesses have resulted in the exoneration of actual perpetrators as well (Goldfarb et al 2019).…”

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Beliefs About Young Children as Witnesses: a Survey of Experienced Defense Lawyers and Psychological Expert Witnesses in Norway

Kostopoulos

Iversen

Magnussen

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Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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Defense lawyers (n = 51) and psychologists (n = 49) with experience in court cases involving child witnesses were surveyed on their beliefs about young child witnesses, defined as children in the age range of 3-6 years. The survey included 13 questions probing the reliability of testimony of young child witnesses and eight questions regarding factors influencing professional judgments of young child witnesses' credibility. Results indicated that both professional groups had fairly balanced opinions of child witnesses, with their opinions in general agreement with current research literature, although defense lawyers were somewhat more skeptical than psychologists were. However, considerable intra-sample variation existed on most items, with a minority of participants expressing opinions that were somewhat at odds with current child witness research. Results are discussed in the context of child maltreatment, the rule of law, and children's rights to safety and security.

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History of Forensic Interviewing

Cited by 9 publications

References 79 publications

Police Officers’ Interrogation Expertise and Major Objectives in Police Service and Training: A Comprehensive Overview of the Literature

Police Officers’ Interrogation Expertise and Major Objectives in Police Service and Training: A Comprehensive Overview of the Literature

A Robot Forensic Interviewer

Beliefs About Young Children as Witnesses: a Survey of Experienced Defense Lawyers and Psychological Expert Witnesses in Norway

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