Demonstrating detail in investigative interviews—An examination of the <scp>DeMo</scp> technique

Boon, Roel; Milne, Rebecca; Rosloot, Eveline; Heinsbroek, Joris

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“…As we are interested in adults, this study will not be included in the review. Boon, Milne, Rosloot, Heinsbroek, and Heinsbroek (2020) created a conceptually similar technique to the MS. The authors provided participants with a demonstration of the level of detail investigators seek by describing an innocuous object.…”

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A critical analysis of the Model Statement literature: Should this tool be used in practice?

Porter

Taylor

Salvanelli³

2020

Journal Invest Psychology

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Investigators need to elicit detailed statements from interviewees to find potential leads, whilst simultaneously judging if a statement is genuine or fabricated. Researchers have proposed that the Model Statement (MS) can both (a) increase information elicitation from interviewees and (b) amplify the verbal differences between liars and truth tellers, thereby enhancing lie‐detection accuracy. Based upon a critical analysis of the MS literature, we argue that this tool is not currently ready for practical usage, as its utility has not been fully established. We highlight a diverse range of existing MS scripts, and a greater diversity in the dependent measures examined in conjunction with this tool. More robust replications of these procedures are needed. We also highlight why some measures of verbal content may not be suitable as outcome measures and suggest that new research could use the well‐established reality monitoring criteria to allow for standardisation across studies.

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A critical analysis of the Model Statement literature: Should this tool be used in practice?

Porter

Taylor

Salvanelli³

2020

Journal Invest Psychology

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“…are generally considered the best type of question to use because they encourage a detailed and unrestricted answer. As questions become more specific or interviewer-driven, responses become less accurate (Oxburgh et al, 2010;Boon et al, 2020;Kontogianni et al, 2020). In practice however, the usual method of recording the witnesspolice interaction relies on the interviewer's own memory of what the witness said and there is typically no actual record of the questions used by the interviewer to obtain the witness's account.…”

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Capturing Talk: The Institutional Practices Surrounding the Transcription of Spoken Language

2024

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“…Open questions such as “tell me what happened…” are generally considered the best type of question to use because they encourage a detailed and unrestricted answer. As questions become more specific or interviewer-driven, responses become less accurate ( Oxburgh et al, 2010 ; Boon et al, 2020 ; Kontogianni et al, 2020 ). In practice however, the usual method of recording the witness-police interaction relies on the interviewer’s own memory of what the witness said and there is typically no actual record of the questions used by the interviewer to obtain the witness’s account.…”

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From Verbal Account to Written Evidence: Do Written Statements Generated by Officers Accurately Represent What Witnesses Say?

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Most countries compile evidence from witnesses and victims manually, whereby the interviewer assimilates what the interviewee says during the course of an interview to produce an evidential statement. This exploratory research examined the quality of evidential statements generated in real world investigations. Transcribed witness/victim interviews (N = 15) were compared to the resultant written statements produced by the interviewing officer and signed as an accurate record by the interviewee. A coding protocol was devised to assess the consistency of information between what was said by the interviewee in the verbal interview and what was reported in the written statement. Statements contained numerous errors including omissions, distortions, and the inclusion of information not mentioned in the verbal interview. This exploratory work highlights an important area for future research focus.

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Demonstrating detail in investigative interviews—An examination of the DeMo technique

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

A critical analysis of the Model Statement literature: Should this tool be used in practice?

A critical analysis of the Model Statement literature: Should this tool be used in practice?

Capturing Talk: The Institutional Practices Surrounding the Transcription of Spoken Language

From Verbal Account to Written Evidence: Do Written Statements Generated by Officers Accurately Represent What Witnesses Say?

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