Developing a scale to measure the presence of possible prejudicial stereotyping in police interviews with suspects: The Minhas Investigative Interviewing Prejudicial Stereotyping Scale (MIIPSS)
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Authors | Minhas, Rashid Ali, Walsh, Dave and Bull, Ray |
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Abstract | If police interviewers hold negative feelings towards certain groups, this may affect how they interview them (either as victims, witnesses or suspects) in that they may not obtain reliable accounts, being the aim of such interviews. The Minhas Investigative Interviewing Prejudicial Stereotyping Scale (MIIPSS) has been developed to assess the level of any investigative interviewers' prejudicial stereotyping towards suspects. The current exploratory study involved semi-structured interviews with twenty people, who had previously been interviewed as suspects in England and also eight very experienced lawyers. Both their views were measured using the MIIPSS before being subjected to a Guttman analysis. Statistical analyses showed that MIIPSS satisfies the criteria for classification as a valid unidimensional and cumulative scale. Therefore, researchers could use MIIPSS as a tool to measure prejudicial stereotyping in investigative interviews. Interviewers could also use MIIPSS to monitor their own attitudes towards certain groups or individuals suspected of different types of crimes. |
Keywords | Prejudicial stereotyping; Suspects; Legal representatives; Investigative interviewing |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Police Practice and Research |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1561-4263 |
1477-271X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2016.1249870 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621082 |
hdl:10545/621082 | |
Publication dates | 31 Oct 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Nov 2016, 16:01 |
Accepted | 12 Oct 2016 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Police Practice and Research |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/93x2q/developing-a-scale-to-measure-the-presence-of-possible-prejudicial-stereotyping-in-police-interviews-with-suspects-the-minhas-investigative-interviewing-prejudicial-stereotyping-scale-miipss
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