Handbook of Psychology of Investigative Interviewing : Current Developments and Future Directions

Investigative Interviewing, And The Information Obtained From Witnesses And Victims, Plays A Vital Role In Criminal Investigations. This Comprehensive Handbook Explores Current Developments Taking Place In This Rapidly Developing Field. An Authoritative Handbook Created By Prestigious Editors And An International Team Of Recognised Authors. International In Its Focus - The Book Assesses Current Developments Taking Place In Several Countries. Takes A Holistic Approach To The Process By Including Sections On Eyewitness Indentification And Evaluating Truthfulness.--publisher's Website. The Psychology Of Suspects' Decision Making During Interrogation / Michel St-yves And Nadine Deslauriers-varin -- A Typology Of Denial Strategies By Suspects In Criminal Investigations / Stephen Moston And Geoffrey M. Stephenson -- A Structured Model For Investigative Interviewing Of Suspects / Jannie Van Der Sleen -- Finding False Confessions / Peter J. Van Koppen -- The Investigation Of Terrorist Offences In The United Kingdom : The Context And Climate For Interviewing Officers / John Pearse -- From Criminal Justice To Control Process : Interrogation In A Changing Context / David Dixon -- Major Crime (investigative Powers) Act 2004 : The Chief Examiner And Coercive Powers / Damien B. Maguire -- The Relation Between Consistency And Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony : Legal Versus Cognitive Explanations / Ronald P. Fisher, Neil Brewer, And Gregory Mitchell -- The Cognitive Interview : Research And Practice Across The Lifespan / Robyn E. Holliday ... [et Al.] -- Investigative Interviewing In The Courtroom : Child Witnesses Under Cross-examination / Rachel Zajac -- Recovered Memories / James Ost -- Obtaining And Interpreting Eyewitness Identification Test Evidence : The Influence Of Police-witness Interactions / Neil Brewer And Gary L. Wells -- Recent Developments In Eyewitness Identification Procedures In The United Kingdom / Tim Valentine, Carwyn Hughes And Rod Munro -- A Method To Enhance Person Description : A Field Study / Samuel Demarchi And Jacques Py -- Recent Developments In North American Identification Science And Practice / Steven D. Penrod And Margaret Bull Kovera -- Truthfulness In Witnesses' And Suspects' Reports / A. Daniel Yarmey -- Evaluating Truthfulness : Detecting Truths And Lies In Forensic Contexts / Barry S. Cooper, Hugues Hervé, And John C. Yuille. Edited By Ray Bull, Tim Valentine And Tom Williamson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Handbook of Psychology of Investigative Interviewing: Current Developments and Future Directions 5 Contents 7 About the Editors 9 About the Contributors 11 Preface 19 Chapter One: The Psychology of Suspects’ Decision-Making during Interrogation 23 Chapter Two: A Typology of Denial Strategies by Suspects in Criminal Investigations 39 Chapter Three: A Structured Model for Investigative Interviewing of Suspects 57 Chapter Four: Finding False Confessions 75 Chapter Five: The Investigation of Terrorist Offences in the United Kingdom: The Context and Climate for Interviewing Officers 91 Chapter Six: From Criminal Justice to Control Process: Interrogation in a Changing Context 113 Chapter Seven: Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004: The Chief Examiner and Coercive Powers 131 Chapter Eight: The Relation between Consistency and Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Legal versus Cognitive Explanations 143 Chapter Nine: The Cognitive Interview: Research and Practice across the Lifespan 159 Chapter Ten: Investigative Interviewing in the Courtroom: Child Witnesses under Cross-Examination 183 Chapter Eleven: Recovered Memories 203 Chapter Twelve: Obtaining and Interpreting Eyewitness Identification Test Evidence: The Influence of Police–Witness Interactions 227 Chapter Thirteen: Recent Developments in Eyewitness Identification Procedures in the United Kingdom 243 Chapter Fourteen: A Method to Enhance Person Description: A Field Study 263 Chapter Fifteen: Recent Developments in North American Identification Science and Practice 279 Chapter Sixteen: Truthfulness in Witnesses’ and Suspects’ Reports 307 Chapter Seventeen: Evaluating Truthfulness: Detecting Truths and Lies in Forensic Contexts 323 Index 351 0470512679,9780470512678,0470512687,9780470512685 Wiley-Blackwell The psychology of suspects' decision making during interrogation / Michel St Yves and Nadine Deslauriers-Varin A typology of denial strategies by suspects in criminal investigations / Stephen Moston and Geoffrey Stephenson A structured model for investigative interviewing of suspects / Jannie van der Sleen Finding false confessions / Peter van Koppen The investigation of terrorist offences in the united kingdom : the context and climate for interviewing officers / John Pearse From criminal justice to control process : interrogation in a changing context / David Dixon Major crime (investigative powers) act 2004 : the chief examiner and coercive powers / Damien MaGuire The relation between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony : legal versus cognitive explanations / Ron Fisher, Neil Brewer, and Gregory Mitchell The cognitive interview : research and practice across the lifespan / Robyn Holliday ... [et al.] Investigative interviewing in the courtroom : child witnesses under cross-examination / Rachel Zajac Recovered memories / James Ost Obtaining and interpreting eyewitness identification test evidence : the influence of police-witness interactions / Neil Brewer and Gary Wells Recent developments in eyewitness identification procedures in the united kingdom / Tim Valentine, Carwyn Hughes and Rod Munro A method to enhance person description : a field study / Samuel Demarchi and Jacques Py Recent developments in north american identification science and practice / Steve Penrod and Margaret Bull Kovera Truthfulness in witnesses' and suspects' reports / Dan Yarmey Evaluating truthfulness : detecting truths and lies in forensic contexts / Barry Cooper, Hugues Herve, and John Yuille.

With chapters written by internationally acclaimed experts on obtaining information from crime suspects and witnesses, this authoritative handbook explores current developments in the rapidly growing field of investigative interviewing.

The book focuses in particular on the interviewing of suspects, and chapters examine their decision-making, denial strategies, false confessions, a model for interviewing suspects and the interviewing of terrorists. It also examines the changing contexts in which alleged terrorists and members of organized crime are interviewed. The chapters on obtaining information from witnesses centre on identification issues, enhancement of person descriptions, the cognitive interview, and the relation between the accuracy and consistency of witnesses’ accounts. Topics such as recovered memories and assessing truthfulness are also included.

This book is essential reading for both researchers and practitioners in forensic psychology and law, as well as policy makers and students of forensic psychology.

This authoritative handbook explores current developments in the rapidly developing field of investigative interviewing. The old interrogation model has come under scrutiny following miscarriages of justice, creating a need for a new understanding of the complex psychological processes involved with questioning conducted as part of criminal investigations. This book takes a holistic and international approach with sections on eyewitness identification and evaluating truthfulness, and coverage of developments in several countries