The effects of the cognitive interview and other methods of context reinstatement on identification

Clifford, Brian R.; Gwyer, Patrick G

doi:10.1080/10683169908414994

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“…In agreement with the literature, when a lack of effect or an effect not in favour of the CI is found, this will either be related to objects (Geiselman et al, 1984) or more frequently to persons (AlonsoQuecuty & Hernández-Fernaud, 1997; Clifford & Gwyer, 1999;Finger & Pezdek, 1999;Gwyer & Clifford, 1997;Memon et al, 1997). This seems to indicate that the technique has greater potential when it comes to increasing the memory of actions than 'static' details, something that seems to be confirmed by other studies (Akehurst et al, 2003;Milne & Bull, 2002).…”

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confidence: 83%

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Differential effectiveness of the cognitive interview in a simulation of testimony

Bembibre

Higueras

2011

Psychology, Crime & Law

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The cognitive interview (CI) is a set of forensic evaluation procedures that has proven its efficiency. Nevertheless, little investigation has been made into its usage on witnesses with the intention of lying. With the aim of proving whether the efficiency of the CI is maintained where the witness is lying we carried out two experiments and we included instructions to tell the truth or to lie as independent variables. We used a 2 Type of interview (SI/CI))2 Statement Condition (True/ False))2 Interviewee Gender (Male/Female) design with 18 interviewers in a sample group of 240 gender-matched university students being interviewed and the classic measures from the CI as dependent variables: the total number of details, details of actions, details about people and details concerning objects. In a first experiment, participants who lied exculpated the protagonist of a film fragment from rape, whereas in a second, those who lied accused an innocent protagonist. The results, in accordance with previous studies, showed a globally better efficiency for CI. Nevertheless, analysing the material based on type of details, this efficiency is only found in details concerning actions and objects. We discuss the forensic importance of these findings.

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confidence: 83%

“…This is clearly due to the differential incidence of the CI in this aspect. Other studies also observed that the recall of details about the characteristics of physical appearance was not enhanced with the CI Clifford & Gwyer, 1999;Finger & Pezdek, 1999;Gwyer & Clifford, 1997;Memon et al, 1994Memon et al, , 1997.…”

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confidence: 88%

Differential effectiveness of the cognitive interview in a simulation of testimony

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Higueras

2011

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…Finally, the interviewer also asks the witness to actively visualize the target and his or her appearance. Although the original findings by Malpass and Devine (1981) on improving eyewitness identifications after a long delay by reinstating the mental context of the witnesses appeared promising, later attempts to use the classical cognitive interview techniques or various components thereof to improve identification performance appeared less successful (Clifford & Gwyer, 1999;Cutler et al, 1987a;Fisher, McCauley, & Geiselman, 1994;Gwyer & Clifford, 1997;Searcy, Bartlett, Memon, & Swanson, 2001). Finger and Pezdek (1999) have even found that identification accuracy deteriorated when participants described a target immediately before trying to identify him (Experiment 1; presumably due to verbal overshadowing Á see below) but not when the identification task followed after some delay (Experiments 2 and 3).…”

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confidence: 93%

Person descriptions as retrieval cues: Do they really help?

Sporer

2007

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Person descriptions by witnesses are an important part of police investigations. In most cases they precede a later person identification task. While some authors believe that verbalizing faces would lead to a detriment in identification performance (verbal overshadowing), the present study focused on potential benefits of reinstatement of context by re-reading one's own person description prior to making an identification. In a laboratory experiment using a video film of a theft, re-reading one's description led to a slight improvement in identification, and a reduction in confidence ratings. Additional data on the relationship between person descriptions and identification are presented. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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“…This interview is based on the encoding-specificity principle (Dando, Wilcock, & Milne, 2009). When multiple contextual reinstatement techniques are employed, eyewitness identification rates are better than when singular methods are employed (Clifford & Gwyer, 1999). Experimental studies on recalled details of an event exhibit similar effectiveness of contextual reinstatement on accuracy (Dando et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 96%

Examining the Effects of Changes in Depressive Symptomatology on Eyewitness Identification

Rounding¹,

Jacobson²,

Lindsay³

2014

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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being a victim-witness often instigates the use of counseling services, which could cause a shift in affect, and according to mood dependent memory theories, any change in mood should be detrimental to eyewitness accuracy. However, no research has specifically examined how changes in depressive symptomatology affect eyewitness accuracy. Thus in this study, participants (N = 173) were exposed to 12 target faces at a first session and returned two to four weeks later to identify these faces from 12 six-person simultaneous line-ups. At both sessions, participants completed measures of anxious and depressive symptomatology. As predicted, individuals who exhibited stable dysphoria from eyewitness event to the line-up task performed significantly better on the simultaneous line-ups than the other stability groups. Among participants exhibiting unstable dysphoria, people whose depressive symptomatology improved rather than worsened were the most accurate. 496 ROUNDING ET AL.

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The effects of the cognitive interview and other methods of context reinstatement on identification

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Differential effectiveness of the cognitive interview in a simulation of testimony

Differential effectiveness of the cognitive interview in a simulation of testimony

Person descriptions as retrieval cues: Do they really help?

Examining the Effects of Changes in Depressive Symptomatology on Eyewitness Identification

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