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The Cognitive Interview Method of Conducting Police Interviews: Eliciting Extensive
Information and Promoting Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Ronald Philip Fisher
Florida International University (FIU)
R. Edward Geiselman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
October 22, 2010
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2010
Abstract:
Police officers receive little or no training to conduct interviews with cooperative witnesses, and as a result they conduct interviews poorly, eliciting less information than is available and providing little support to assist victims overcome psychological problems that may have arisen from the crime. We analyze the components of a typical police interview that limits the amount of information witnesses communicate, and which militate against victims' overcoming psychological problems. We then describe an alternative interviewing protocol, the Cognitive Interview, which enhances witness recollection and also likely contributes to victims' well being. The component elements of the Cognitive Interview are described, with emphasis on those elements that likely promote better witness recollection and also help to assist victims' psychological health.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 8
Keywords: cognitive interview, therapeutic jurisprudence, police, memory, interview
JEL Classification: K19, K39, D63
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Date posted: October 24, 2010
Suggested CitationFisher, Ronald Philip and Geiselman, R. Edward, The Cognitive Interview Method of Conducting Police Interviews: Eliciting Extensive
Information and Promoting Therapeutic Jurisprudence (October 22, 2010). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2010 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1696130
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