Investigative Interviewing Summary

Yes there were quite a few strange things during the interview. As we were interviewing her we heard

As questioning continued, she was asked about specific crimes that she had been accused of committing. After the testimony had been taken from

Watching the media clip, it is evident that this was not the case as the interviewee appeared very uncomfortable after only one or two questions. Meg Ryan began paraphrasing the safe ideas repeatedly and began answering with

Presenting an alternate form of questions to the suspect is the seventh step. The investigator will ask a question with a positive and negative choice. Both choices usually result in the suspect admitting some sort of guilt. An innocent suspect will listen to both choices and reject both of them. The alternative should be followed up with a statement of support in which the interrogator tells the suspect that they think it was done for a good reason. (Buckley, 2000)

Early surveys by the NCVS were felt that the information obtained in the interview of the victim may not be reliable. Interviewees can be vulnerable to several types of biases including memory errors, errors of deception, telescoping, and sampling errors.

An examination of the patrol officer’s jobs and duties took place. The gathering of information and interviewing a seasoned patrol offer assisted in this examination. The city in which the patrol officer works is also studied. Research of the city of Hueytown’s population and history helped to understand the demographics and crime within the city. While Hueytown’s violent crimes are low, thefts and burglaries rank the highest. Communities, including the city of Hueytown, place patrol officers on the streets in order to protect and serve. Officer Louis Phillips, Jr. gave an interview that takes an in depth look at his journey as a patrol officer.

Due to the interview taking place after hours and the case not being assigned until the following day, I was unable to be present at the time of the interview. However, I have since observed a copy of that interview. The following is a summary of the forensic interview conducted that night by Megan Merrill with Deja Jones. This is a summary, not an exact transcript.

2. After watching the interview, I believe that Dr. Noonan could improve her tone of voice during interviews. There was one incident where the client did

Information is the lifeblood of a criminal investigation. The ability of investigators to obtain useful and accurate information from eyewitnesses of crimes is crucial to effective law enforcement, yet full and accurate recall is difficult to achieve (Stewart, 1985). Such elicitation of complete and accurate recall from people is important in many aspects of life; specifically, eyewitness recall may determine whether a case is solved. Principle advocates of the cognitive interview (Fisher, Geiselman, Holland & MacKinnon,

When questioning witnesses of a crime, detectives may choose a specific technique; one technique is the Reid Technique. The Reid Technique is a multi-step questioning method that pressures the witnesses or the accused to admit to the crime. It is used in North America. According to Professor Brent Snook, a psychologist at the Memorial University in Newfoundland, the Reid Technique is “Starsky and Hutch”, where two hot head detectives “beat up” their suspects to encourage them confess (http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/25/youre-guilty-now-confess-false-admissions-put-polices-favourite-interrogation-tactic-under-scrutiny/). This paper will examine the steps of the Reid Technique, as well as reveal substantial evidence that this technique should be banned. This technique has led to false confessions. Not only does this mean that someone has been punished that isn’t guilty, but it also means the real criminal has not been found and punished. The arguments against the use of this technique are the following:

      “What happened?” is what I started my interview with. “Well,” my aunt said and she explained her story. She was at the barn alone riding her horse on christmas day of 2015. Everything went well and she headed home to get ready for dinner with some friends. As soon as she got home, she had a gut feeling that something wasn’t

Some general information that the investigator must have knowledge of is The Model Penal Code. The definition for The Model Penal Code is a person is guilty of robbery if they inflict serious bodily harm on another person, threatens or intentionally puts victim in fear of serious bodily injury, or commits or threatens to commit any felony of the first or second degree. Because theft or attempted thefts are the elements of robbery the investigator must have the knowledge to define those elements properly to investigate the case in the proper manner. To thoroughly investigate a robbery and have a successful prosecution the interview must be carefully developed in terms, sequence of individuals involved, and the questions asked should be in sequence. A category plan is used to help determine the interview plan. Physical factors such as age, injury, and race; emotional/physiology factors such as ego and attitude toward police; are all part of the category used to determine the interview plan. Another ethical consideration when investigating robbery is conducting the investigation by the proper protection and search measures of the crime scene. Footprints, fingerprints and fiber traces, saliva, body secretions such as fibers on clothing, trace material from victim on the suspects clothing, physical evidence from where a weapon is recovered, blood samples

The prosecutor began to ask her basic questions, like how she was feeling and her favorite things to do. Rosa answered easily and did not seem very nervous with this. Then the prosecutor asked her if she knew why she was here, and if she knew which man in the room was Jorge. Rosa quickly pointed in the direction of Jorge, without looking directly at him or speaking. It was at this point the video was going to be introduced to the jury, and small briefings were handed out by the deputy to clarify more of the video. The video began by showing a small room with a table in the middle. It looked like an interrogation room from any popular crime scene show. Very soon after an interviewer walked in with Rosa, who was only seven years old. The interview began by asking Rosa her favorite things to do and how she felt, almost identical to how she was asked when she first walked in the courtroom. The questions then became more serious as the interviewer asked why Rosa felt scared when she was with Jorge, and what had happened in the past that made her scared of

Carmina salazar works at a prison and is like a cop. As i facetimed her, i was nervous that she would not answer because she is always busy. She normally doesn't answer because she works all day. I was also sacred she would answer because she was one of the people in florida without power as a result of the hurricane. When she did answer i was ecstatic because we hadn't talked in awhile. I told why i had called her and she was very happy that i had picked her. She asked me why i didn't pick my mom, i told her i picked her because she had more experience. We started the interview. I asked her how the people she hung around with affected her school work. She paused as if she didn't know what to say. She noted that she was older than most of the kids so it didn't affect her.

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.