Investigative Interviewing

Annotation This edited volume reviews the latest research on investigative interviewing in order to provide insights on the psychological processes of the person being interviewed as well as to offer guidelines for conducting credible and useful interviews. Critical and controversial areas are highlighted (eg. false confessions, child interviewing) in order to bring clarity to how these interrogations are to be conducted. Chapters focus on these areas to provide comprehensive views of theoretical, evidence-based background, as well as practical considerations of interrogation settings and procedures. The contributors are internationally respected scholars in the field of psychology and law with particular expertise in the interviews that are critical to legal proceedings. And attention is given to the criminal justice system in international perspective Investigative Interviewing Models An Approach That Reflects An Ethical Base, Emphasizing Persuasion Rather Than Coercion, As Well As The Evidence Base. International In Scope, This Innovative Volume Reflects Sophisticated New Interview Methods And Often Surprising Findings On The Psychology Of Suspects, Victims, Witnesses, And Law Enforcement Personnel. Topics Cross Criminal Justice Settings And Contexts, Such As When Information Should Be Disclosed To Suspects, How Interviews Are Conducted In International Tribunals, And The Emerging Concept Of Human Intelligence Interviewing. Investigative Interviewing In Suspected Sex Offences / Nina J. Westera And Mark R. Kebbell -- Psychological Processes Underlying True And False Confessions / Kate A. Houston, Christian A. Meissner And Jacqueline R. Evans -- Cops And Kids In The Interrogation Room / Barry C. Feld -- Between Investigator And Suspect: The Role Of The Working Alliance In Investigative Interviewing / Miet Vanderhallen And Geert Vervaeke -- Interview Techniques In International Criminal Court And Tribunals / Melanie O'brien And Mark Kebbell -- A Training Program For Investigative Interviewing Of Children / Makiko Naka -- Sussess Within Criminal Investigations: Is Communication Still A Key Component? / Martin O'niell And Becky Milne -- Investigative Interviewing And Training: The Investigative Interviewer Apprentice / Lotte Smets And Imke Rispens -- When In Interviews To Disclose Information To Suspects And To Challenge Them / Ray Bull -- The Inconsistent Suspect: A Systematic Review Of Different Types Of Consistency In Truth Tellers And Liars / Annelies Vredeveldt, Peter J. Van Koppen And Pär Anders Granhag -- Human Intelligence Interviewing And Interrogation: Assessing The Challenges Of Developing An Ethical, Evidence-based Approach / Maria Hartwig, Christian A. Meissner And Matthew D. Semel -- Prosecutors' Perceptions On Improving Child Witness Interviews About Abuse / Kimberlee S. Burrows And Martine B. Powell. Ray Bull, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Between news stories of coerced confessions and the over-the-top interrogations shown in crime dramas, there seems to be no end of wrong ways to question suspects. And as wrong as these methods are, they are equally counterproductive when the resulting statements are based on questioners' assumptions rather than the truth. The expert pages of Investigative Interviewing model an approach that reflects an ethical base - emphasizing persuasion rather than coercion - as well as the evidence base. International in scope, this innovative volume reflects sophisticated new interview methods and often surprising findings on the psychology of suspects, victims, witnesses, and law enforcement personnel. Topics cross criminal justice settings and contexts, such as when information should be disclosed to suspects, how interviews are conducted in international tribunals, and the emerging concept of human intelligence interviewing. Taken together, these chapters are a leading-edge guide to obtaining statements that stand up as reliable evidence. Included in the coverage: Investigative interviewing of sex offenders. Psychological processes underlying true and false confessions. Between investigator and suspect: the role of the working alliance in investigative interviewing. A training program for investigative interviewing of children. A systematic review of different types of consistency in truth tellers and liars. Prosecutors' perceptions on improving child witness interviews about abuse. Suited to the researcher and the educator as well as the frontline professional, Investigative Interviewing heralds a major advance in forensics: education and training programs rooted in best practices for more effective interviewing--and consigning excessive interrogations to the fiction writers."--Prové de l'editor Front Matter....Pages i-xix Investigative Interviewing in Suspected Sex Offences....Pages 1-18 Psychological Processes Underlying True and False Confessions....Pages 19-34 Cops and Kids in the Interrogation Room....Pages 35-61 Between Investigator and Suspect: The Role of the Working Alliance in Investigative Interviewing....Pages 63-90 Interview Techniques in International Criminal Court and Tribunals....Pages 91-101 A Training Program for Investigative Interviewing of Children....Pages 103-122 Success Within Criminal Investigations: Is Communication Still a Key Component?....Pages 123-146 Investigative Interviewing and Training: The Investigative Interviewer Apprentice....Pages 147-165 When in Interviews to Disclose Information to Suspects and to Challenge Them?....Pages 167-181 The Inconsistent Suspect: A Systematic Review of Different Types of Consistency in Truth Tellers and Liars....Pages 183-207 Human Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation: Assessing the Challenges of Developing an Ethical, Evidence-based Approach....Pages 209-228 Prosecutors’ Perceptions on Improving Child Witness Interviews About Abuse....Pages 229-242 ERRATUM....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter....Pages 243-245 Police InterrogationSample Characteristics; Securing Miranda Waivers; Police Interrogation Tactics; Juveniles' Responses; Length of Interrogation; Policy Implications; Protecting Young Offenders in the Interrogation Room; Limiting the Length of Interrogations; On the Record; References; Chapter 4 Between Investigator and Suspect: The Role of the Working Alliance in Investigative Interviewing; Towards a Rapport-Based Approach; From Sexual Crimes to Terrorism: A Case-Oriented Shift; From England to East and West: A Geographical Shift; From Suspects to Legal Advisors: A Person-Oriented Shift Internal Accountability Models of ConfessionDecision-Making Models of Confession; The Use of Anxiety and Social Pressure to Elicit a Confession; Cognitive Behavioral Model; Theory Testing: Empirical Assessments of Trueand False Confessions; Meta-Analysis of Psychological Factors Leading to True and False Confessions; Method; Results; Discussion: Theory and Application; References; Chapter 3 Cops and Kids in the Interrogation Room; Interrogating Juveniles: Legal Expectations and Developmental Psychology; Interrogation Practices and Empirical Assessments; Methodology and Data The Role of RapportBuilding Rapport with Witnesses; Building Rapport with Suspects; Building Rapport in Police Practice; How Can Rapport Be Built?; A Step Towards Unravelling the Construct of Rapport; Working Alliance and Police Interrogation; Participants; Instruments; Results; Discussion; The Future of Rapport; References; Chapter 5 Interview Techniques in International Criminal Court and Tribunals; Introduction; Background to International Criminal Courts and Tribunals; Educational and Professional Backgrounds of Investigators and Lawyers; Interview Training Interview Techniques Reported to be UsedRapport; Use of Evidence; Question Styles; Challenges of Cultural Differences; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 A Training Program for Investigative Interviewing of Children; Introduction; Cases and Research; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3; Laboratory Studies; Introducing Forensic Interviews to Japan; Start-up; Guidelines; Training; Team Approach; The Difference Between Counseling/Therapy and Forensic Interview; Distinguishing Open-ended Questions; The Difference Between a Unique Episode and a Script, or an Event and a Routine Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Chapter 1 Investigative Interviewing in Suspected Sex Offences; Sexual Offence Investigations; Interviewing Complainants; Objective 1: The Investigation; Objective 2: The Complainant; Objective 3: Video-Recorded Evidence; Interviewing Suspects; Encouraging the Suspect Talk; Obtaining an Account; Presenting the Evidence; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Psychological Processes Underlying Trueand False Confessions; Overview; Research on True and False Confessions; Theories of Confession