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Fisher et. al - The Cognitive Interview
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- 1BackgroundDesigned to take into account well known cognitive functions and to avoid any chance at leading the witness
Interview is set of instructions given to witness to reinforce context of original event and search through memory
Remembering some aspects would lead to remembering other, though this may not be in chronological order - 2Background - The Interview is based upon...The Belief that memory of an event is made up of interconnected networks, and so there will be multiple ways to get to the same point
- 3Background - Principle 1 [by Fisher]Interview Similarity:
➡ Memory of crime enhanced when environments are the same
➡ So should try to get them to remember things like weather, emotions and thoughts at the time of event - 4Background - Principle 2 [by Fisher]Focused Retrieval:
➡ One role of interviewer is to generate focused concentration
➡ No interruption and plenty of encouragement to person - 5Background - Principle 3 [by Fisher]Extensive Retrieval:
➡ Encouraged to make as many retrieval attempts as possible, even if they say they cannot remember
➡ Event seemingly irrelevant details are requested - 6Background - Principle 4 [by Fisher]Witness-Compatible Questions:
➡ events are uniquely stored for each witness
➡compatible questioning is the key to successful retrieval
➡ should be flexible and alter approach depending on needs - 7AimTo test the Cognitive Interview (CI) in the field
- 8Sample16 county Detectives
- Robbery Division
- Dade County, Florida - 9ProcedureDetectives asked to record interviews using standard technique
(took 4 months)
- 88 recorded
- mostly related to bag snatches/robberies
Then divided into 2 groups, one trained in CI
- training over 4 60-min sessions
- 7 completed this
Next 7 months more interviews recorded
Post-training interviews analysed by team at Uni of California
- were blind to conditions - 10ResultsTrained after
➡ 47% more information than before training
➡63% more than untrained
CI's take longer but not significantly - 11Results - AccuracyLab research showed no difference in accuracy between CI and standard
= 85% of statements correct across all conditions
Accuracy Established through corroboration of another source
In 24 cases with corroborating evidence (16 pre/8 post), 94% of statements were corroborated
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