Reflections on the nature of rapport within suspect interviews

Crough, Quintan; Larivière, Cassandre Dion; Snow, Mark; Eastwood, Joseph

doi:10.1080/10345329.2021.2018814

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“…The dominant dissociation style (Dissociation-1 in Figure 1) was implemented five times, whereby authors suggested that their definitional preference characterized the essential component(s) of rapport. Crough et al (2022) noted that their definition precisely explicated the nature of rapport in investigative interviewing. Others mentioned that their definition is synonymous with rapport (Marin & Gabbert, 2022); is considered to be rapport (Foster et al, 2022); and the typical or a complete description of rapport.…”

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“…The authors indicated that intentionality (when facilitating a positive interaction) was the distinctive component. Crough et al (2022) posited "interrogative rapport", arguing that it improves on professional rapport (viz., Gabbert et al, 2021). Crough et al (2022) noted that interrogative rapport accounts for the adversarial function of rapport in suspect interviewing.…”

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Why Rapport Seems Challenging to Define and What to do About the Challenge

Neequaye¹

2023

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This article explores why rapport seems challenging to define in the investigative interviewing literature. To demonstrate this issue is contemporary, I examined the most recent publications on rapport (August 2021 - January 2023; N = 19). Approximately 50% of the articles did not define rapport or posited multiple definitions, making a definitional preference impossible to detect. The 50% that specified a focal or single definition came with some form of suggestion that they were real definitions—the objective definitions of rapport. But all those definitions were different, highlighting the ambiguity of rapport in the literature. I discuss how a pragmatic approach via nominal definition can assist in flagging a single sense to use the word rapport, thereby eliminating ambiguity and limitations in assessing construct validity.

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Why Rapport Seems Challenging to Define and What to do About the Challenge

Neequaye¹

2023

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“…A crucial element of humane approaches is the building and maintaining of rapport. Although operational definitions vary across studies, rapport in criminal interviews generally refers to the “temporary working relationship created strategically by the interviewer to increase the likelihood that the suspect will disclose crime-relevant information” (Crough et al, 2022, p. 225). Rapport is built and maintained through strategies like finding common ground with the interviewee, showing respect, or meeting the interviewee’s basic needs (Kelly et al, 2013).…”

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Humane Interrogation Strategies Are Associated With Confessions, Cooperation, and Disclosure: Evidence From a Field Study of Incarcerated Individuals in the United States

Bettens,

Cleary,

Bull

2024

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The techniques used to interrogate individuals suspected of a crime can profoundly impact their decisions to confess, cooperate, or disclose information. Research using different methods suggests that two prevailing interrogation approaches—accusatorial and information-gathering—differentially impact interrogation outcomes. However, confession, cooperation, and information disclosure are ultimately the suspected person’s decision, yet few studies directly examine their perspectives about how interrogation techniques affect their decisions, and none examine a U.S. sample. This study assessed how interrogation strategies characterized by humanity, rapport, confrontation, and dominance/control predicted interrogation outcomes in a sample of 249 individuals incarcerated in two U.S. jails. Respondents who reported experiencing humane strategies were more likely to confess, cooperate completely, and disclose incriminating information. Dominance/control-oriented strategies predicted partial confession (but not cooperation or disclosure), and rapport-based and confrontational techniques did not predict outcomes. Findings highlight humane interrogation strategies as likely the most productive strategies to adopt in criminal interrogations.

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Interviewing Suspects in Criminal Investigations

Snow,

Eastwood

2024

The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making

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Reflections on the nature of rapport within suspect interviews

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Why Rapport Seems Challenging to Define and What to do About the Challenge

Why Rapport Seems Challenging to Define and What to do About the Challenge

Humane Interrogation Strategies Are Associated With Confessions, Cooperation, and Disclosure: Evidence From a Field Study of Incarcerated Individuals in the United States

Interviewing Suspects in Criminal Investigations

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