Police questioning techniques in tape recorded interviews with criminal suspects

Moston, Stephen; Engelberg, Terry

doi:10.1080/10439463.1993.9964670

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“…The attempt to establish rapport could frequently be characterized as clumsy, and the interrogators often seemed poorly prepared. Moston and Engelberg (1993) found similar patterns; they concluded that police officers in general were poor in handling denials and negotiating with the suspect; moreover, they often seemed poorly prepared for the interrogation.…”

Section: European Studies Of Interrogationmentioning

confidence: 55%

“…The general pattern resulting from studies after the implementation of PACE is that there seems to be a dramatic drop in the use of coercive and manipulative interrogation techniques after the implementation of PACE (Gudjonsson, 2003;Moston & Engelberg, 1993;Pearse & Gudjonsson, 1996;Soukara et al, 2002;Williamson, 1993). More specifically, one study showed that the number of persuasive tactics employed decreased (Irving & McKenzie, 1989), from 165 tactics in 60 interrogations in 1979, to 42 tactics in 68 interrogations in 1986.…”

Section: European Studies Of Interrogationmentioning

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“…More specifically, one study showed that the number of persuasive tactics employed decreased (Irving & McKenzie, 1989), from 165 tactics in 60 interrogations in 1979, to 42 tactics in 68 interrogations in 1986. It has also been found that in the majority of interrogations, an information-gathering approach is used, and the traditional accusatory approach is used only seldomly (Moston & Engelberg, 1993). However, it seems as if the type of interrogation strategy employed in part depends upon case characteristics.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Detecting deception via strategic disclosure of evidence.

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Several decades of research has shown that people are poor at detecting deception. This thesis, based on four empirical studies, aimed at exploring human deception detection accuracy in the context of interrogations. In three of the studies, there was a special focus on the presence of evidence in the interrogation, and how strategic use of this evidence affected the statements of the suspects as well as the accuracy of the lie-catchers. In previous research, the fact that there in real-life situations often exists evidence against a suspect has been neglected. It was expected that it would be beneficial for deception detection to withhold the evidence during the interrogation, and that this would lead to liars contradicting the incriminating information to a higher degree compared to truth tellers. Differences in statement-evidence consistency between liars and truth tellers could then serve as a cue leading to more accurate veracity judgments. In Study I, experienced police officers (N = 30) were set free to conduct interrogations with mock suspects in the manner of their own choice. They also watched a video-taped interrogation conducted by one of their colleagues. Both when interrogating and observing video, the police officers achieved deception detection accuracy levels (56.7%) similar to the level of chance. The aim of Study II was to examine the effects of disclosing the evidence at different stages of the interrogation. It was expected that disclosing the evidence late (vs. early) in the interrogation would provide a better basis for correct veracity judgments. The reason for this was that late disclosure of evidence would make liars and truth tellers differ in terms of statement-evidence consistency. Mock suspects (N = 58) were interrogated by experimenters. Lie-catchers (N = 116) who watched late disclosure interrogations (accuracy 61.7%) significantly outperformed those who watched early disclosure interrogations (accuracy 42.9%). In Study III, police trainees (N = 82) either were or were not trained in strategically using the evidence when interrogating lying or truth telling mock suspects (N = 82). Liars interrogated by trained interrogators were more inconsistent with the evidence compared to liars interrogated by untrained interrogators. Trained interrogators obtained a considerably higher accuracy rate (85.4%) than untrained interrogators (56.1%). In Study IV, the strategies reported by the suspects (N = 82) in Study III were examined. Guilty suspects, to a higher degree than innocent suspects, applied conscious strategies in order to appear truthful. Guilty suspects reported diverse strategies (such as to provide a consistent story or an alibi), while innocent suspects reported the strategy to tell the truth like it had happened, indicating a belief in the visibility of innocence (i.e., they thought that innocence shows). The results of the thesis show that when the evidence is not used strategically during an interrogation, deception detection accuracy is poor. However, when the evidence is us...

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Section: European Studies Of Interrogationmentioning

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Section: European Studies Of Interrogationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Questioning skills are a prerequisite in the selection, training, and development of teachers, interviewers, therapists and related fields (Hus & Aberšek, 2011;Dillon, 2004;Padesky, 1993;Moston & Engelberg, 1993). In mediation, there has been considerable research on the importance of the mediator's questioning skill in achieving success in mediation (Bennett & Hermann, 1996;Lehman & Page, 2007).…”

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Mediator as a Story Recipient in Narrative Mediation: What Types of Questions Should I Ask?

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2018

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“…He refers to police interviews in which most suspects talked 10 and describes questioning strategies that increase truthfulness, such as developing rapport, asking about events in reverse order, adding irrelevant questions, and maintaining eye contact. He calls for appropriate training of interrogators, based on evidence as well as ethics.…”

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2017

Br J Gen Pract

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Police questioning techniques in tape recorded interviews with criminal suspects

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Detecting deception via strategic disclosure of evidence.

Detecting deception via strategic disclosure of evidence.

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