The influence of interview style on SIOs’ responsiveness to the suspect’s alibi
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Authors | van Beek, M., Bull, R., Chen, M., Fahsing, I. and Milne, R. |
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Abstract | In criminal investigations it may happen that the police will collect and use information that is actually incorrect. Making sure that such error is detected and corrected is part of the legal and operational burden placed on any investigating officer, but especially on the Senior Investigative Officer (SIO). This present study explored to what degree different interview styles will affect SIO decision-making, since interviewing witnesses and suspects is an important source of information for the police. A sample of 115 Dutch and Norwegian SIOs therefore performed an online vignette task. They read about a fictitious, but realistic case and received a report of an interview with the suspect. In this interview the suspect had provided an alibi for one of the pieces of information that were disclosed to her, and that actually was an incorrect piece of information. In the report the SIOs received, the interviewer either picked up the alibi (adaptive condition), reacted indifferently to it (neutral) or discredited it right away (maladaptive). |
Keywords | Criminal investigation; decision making cognitive bias; investigative interviewing; |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology |
Journal citation | pp. 1-10 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 1936-6469 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-022-09551-5 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11896-022-09551-5 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 26 Oct 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Oct 2022 |
Deposited | 28 Oct 2022 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9qq4v/the-influence-of-interview-style-on-sios-responsiveness-to-the-suspect-s-alibi
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