The complex relationship between interrogation techniques, suspects changing their statement and legal assistance. Evidence from a Dutch sample of police interviews

Verhoeven, Willem-Jan

doi:10.1080/10439463.2016.1157594

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“…Dit is vanzelfsprekend des te meer van belang wanneer een verdachte over beperktere cognitieve capaciteiten en vaardigheden beschikt waardoor bijkomende ondersteuning van de advocaat tijdens een verhoor aangewezen is. De aanwezigheid van een raadsman en de wijze waarop hij in dit verband optreedt, kunnen ook de dynamiek van een verhoor veranderen (Verhoeven, 2018). Zowel Brits als Nederlands observationeel onderzoek heeft evenwel aangetoond dat het optreden van advocaten tijdens verhoren, zeker tijdens de beginjaren na de introductie van het recht op toegang tot een advocaat, niet steeds optimaal is (Baldwin, 1992;Cape & Hodgson, 2014;McConville et al, 1997;Pivaty et al, 2020;Verhoeven & Stevens, 2013).…”

Section: Het Optreden Van De Raadsmanunclassified

De effectieve uitoefening van procedurele waarborgen in het kader van verdachtenverhoren: een analyse op basis van criminologisch-psychologische inzichten

Mergaerts¹

2023

Tijdschrift Voor Criminologie

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Section: Het Optreden Van De Raadsmanunclassified

De effectieve uitoefening van procedurele waarborgen in het kader van verdachtenverhoren: een analyse op basis van criminologisch-psychologische inzichten

Mergaerts¹

2023

Tijdschrift Voor Criminologie

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“…Officers often still lack some interview skills (Clarke and Milne 2016;Leahy-Harland and Bull 2017;Walsh and Bull 2015), especially the more complex behaviours (Griffiths et al 2011). Typically, officers also lose skills over time when no updates or refresher training are given (St-Yves et al 2014;Griffiths et al 2011), or fall back upon more confrontational, oldschool interview styles when suspects are non-compliant or less cooperative (Izotovas et al 2021;Verhoeven 2018).…”

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The Influence of Interview Style on SIOs’ Responsiveness to the Suspect’s Alibi

Beek

Bull

Chen

et al. 2022

J Police Crim Psych

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In criminal investigations, it may happen that the police will collect and use information that is actually incorrect. Making sure that such error is detected and corrected is part of the legal and operational burden placed on any investigating officer, but especially on the Senior Investigative Officer (SIO). This present study explored to what degree different interview styles will affect SIO decision-making, since interviewing witnesses and suspects is an important source of information for the police. A sample of 115 Dutch and Norwegian SIOs therefore performed an online vignette task. They read about a fictitious, but realistic case and received a report of an interview with the suspect. In this interview, the suspect had provided an alibi for one of the pieces of information that were disclosed to her and that actually was an incorrect piece of information. In the report the SIOs received, the interviewer either picked up the alibi (adaptive style), reacted indifferently to it (neutral) or discredited it right away (maladaptive). A significant effect was found for interview style being associated with SIOs’ responsiveness: the SIOs who read the adaptive or neutral interview report were significantly more responsive to the alibi than those who read the maladaptive report. The implications of this finding are discussed.

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“…Research has categorized various types of interrogation methods, including accusatorial, maximization/minimization, dominant, and control-based (Verhoeven, 2018). The Reid Technique is the most commonly used interrogation method in the United States (accusatorial); this technique involves a nine-step process, which assumes the guilt of the suspect.…”

Section: Police Interrogation and Interview Tacticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Juveniles in the interrogation room: Defense attorneys as a protective factor.

August

Henderson

2021

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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Juveniles are more susceptible in the interrogation room than adults, due to a host of factors that put them at risk. Scholars have suggested that requiring the presence of a defense attorney during interrogations can protect juveniles from making an unintelligent waiver; variations of this type of policy have been mandated in some states across the United States (e.g., Illinois and California). The current study takes an exploratory, qualitative approach to examine how defense attorneys may act as a protective factor in the interrogation room. We interviewed 19 juvenile defenders using a semistructured interview method; questions focused on experiences in the interrogation room, juveniles' waivers of rights, and protections for juvenile clients. Eight themes emerged that fit broadly into three categories: factors related to juvenile defendants (e.g., dispositional youth susceptibility factors), the interrogation process and system (e.g., law enforcement impact), and safeguards in the system (e.g., requiring attorneys). Data from interviews suggest defense attorneys are rarely present when their juvenile clients are questioned, highlighting that juvenile defendants frequently waive their rights. Defense attorneys are cognizant that juveniles are susceptible to interrogation tactics and are skeptical of the protection parents can provide in this context. Overall, defense attorneys are supportive of laws that require juveniles consult with an attorney prior to waiving their rights or require their presence in the interrogation room but raise a number of logistical concerns and offer possible solutions important for policy (e.g., an "on-call" attorney, or "appropriate adult").

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The complex relationship between interrogation techniques, suspects changing their statement and legal assistance. Evidence from a Dutch sample of police interviews

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

De effectieve uitoefening van procedurele waarborgen in het kader van verdachtenverhoren: een analyse op basis van criminologisch-psychologische inzichten

De effectieve uitoefening van procedurele waarborgen in het kader van verdachtenverhoren: een analyse op basis van criminologisch-psychologische inzichten

The Influence of Interview Style on SIOs’ Responsiveness to the Suspect’s Alibi

Juveniles in the interrogation room: Defense attorneys as a protective factor.

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