Perspectives on the Violent Nature of Crime Victimisation in South Africa

Graan, Johan van

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8_3

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“…Several issues are problematic when conducting research involving FPs and interviewees in authentic CFIs. (1) The nature of the interview deals with sensitive information; and (2) The interview may include admission of guilt and other evidence that may be used in legal and court proceedings (McIntyre et al, 2014;Van Graan et al, 2022;Walsh & Bull, 2011); (3) Making video recordings of the interview may breach con dentiality if they are leaked, potentially leading to miscarriages of justice (Walsh & Bull, 2011); and (4) There are also reputational risks and the possibility of civil litigation if con dential information about the rm/business (where the investigation/risk assessment is taking place) is made public (Agwu, 2014). Hence there is a need to explore alternative methods for studying interactions between FPs and interviewees.…”

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“…The CFI is a valuable tool in obtaining such information as part of commercial forensic investigations/risk assessments (McIntyre et al, 2014;Vorster, 2016), but the study of interactions between people is complicated because relational dynamics informing the outcomes of such interactions are at play (Van Graan et al, 2023). To this end, it is assumed that FPs are actively involved in coconstructing the relational dynamics during a CFI, and that FPs have a direct impact on the interviewee and their behavior, and vice versa, and consequently on the quality of the information obtained (Phipps, 2004;Van Graan et al, 2022).…”

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Direct observation as data-collection method: Application in a commercial forensic interview

Graan,

Roos,

Katjene

2024

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In applying direct observation to obtain data, few researchers in the field of commercial forensic interviewing (CFI) have to date focused on the design and implementation of direct observation and descriptive analysis. Direct observations are useful for collecting data, due to the sensitive nature of a commercial forensic interview (CFI) involving Commercial Forensic Practitioners (FPs) and interviewees. The aim of this study is twofold: First, develop an observational checklist. Second, to apply it in a CFI to document direct observation of the interactional style of FPs, interactions, and relational dynamics. A descriptive analysis checklist was developed, drawing on interview techniques previously identified as permissible in a South African legal context and developed by applying directed content analysis. Two observers, FPs trained as academic researchers, independently documented their observations in the CFI context. The observers’ responses yielded significant levels of consensus (≥ 80%), and the results demonstrated several relational qualities which successfully identify the FP’s interactional style; the relational dynamics at play during the interview (by observing the actions, impact, and reactions of the participants), and ineffective relational dynamics, which thwarted the goal of eliciting useful information. This study highlights the need for direct observation and contributes to the development of an effective observational checklist unique to the CFI context.

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