Journal Article10.1207/S1532480XADS0302_1
Using a Scripted Protocol in Investigative Interviews: A Pilot Study
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TL;DR: A comparison of interviews conducted before and after its implementation revealed that a scripted interview protocol improved the organization of investigative interviews, increased compliance with recommended interview practices, and increased the proportion of information obtained from free-recall memory.
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Abstract: Although substantial consensus exists concerning the ways in which young alleged victims should be interviewed, researchers have documented that best practice guidelines are often violated. A comparison of interviews conducted before and after its implementation revealed that a scripted interview protocol improved the organization of investigative interviews, increased compliance with recommended interview practices, and increased the proportion of information obtained from free-recall memory. Limitations of this approach are also discussed.
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Udo Undeutsch
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The relation between investigative utterance types and the informativeness of child witnesses
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted psycholinguistic analyses of 45 interviews of 4- to 12-year-old children by police investigators in the United States and found that, as in Israel, invitations yielded longer and richer responses than more focused interviewer utterances.
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