Improving eye-witness testimony
- Created by: Georgia
- Created on: 01-05-19 20:39
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- Improving the accuracy of eye-witness testimony (Cognitive interview)
- Change of narrative order; Recall the event in a different chronological order
- Change of perspective; Recall the event from another person's perspective
- Mental reinstatement of context; Recall emotional and environmental context
- Report everything; Recall everything they can remember, no matter how irrelevant
- Geiselman et al (1985) Cognitive interview produced more accurate and detailed memories than standard interview
- Geiselman and Fisher (1997) Cognitive interview works best when conduced short time after crime
- Enhanced cognitive interview
- Must be a trusting relationship between interviewer and witness
- Few distractions; witness controls flow of into; open-ended questions; reducing anxiety
- Evaluation
- Increases both correct and incorrect information recalled
- Development of MCI allows it to be used on children
- Time-consuming and expensive to train officers
- Supported by research ebidence
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