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Results for interviewing in law enforcement
2 results foundAuthor: Justice Project Title: Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations in Tennessee: A Review of Current Practices Summary: "The application of readily available technology to police work can lead to major benefits for law enforcement agencies. Many jurisdictions across the country, for example, have benefitted from documenting the interrogations of suspects in custody with audio and/or video recording equipment. By creating a fully reviewable record of an interrogation, prosecutors get the best, most reliable evidence possible. Legislation has been introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly (HB 596 and SB 261) that would require electronic recording of custodial interrogations in homicide cases in Tennessee. Under the proposed law, if an interrogation is not recorded for some reason it would still be admissible in court, as it is today. The legislation would simply extend this valuable evidencegathering policy, already employed in many Tennessee jurisdictions, to law enforcement departments statewide. In order to understand the current use of electronic recording in Tennessee, The Justice Project conducted a statewide survey of law enforcement agencies and requested copies of any written policies on recording interrogations. The results indicate that a majority of Tennessee law enforcement agencies electronically record interrogations at least some of the time, and report that the practice strengthens the credibility and reliability of criminal investigations and prosecutions. This report presents the results of The Justice Project’s survey and details the advantages of statewide implementation of electronic recording of custodial interrogations." Details: Washington, DC: The Justice Project, 2010. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 22, 2010 at: http://www.thejusticeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/er-in-tennessee-report.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://www.thejusticeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/er-in-tennessee-report.pdf Shelf Number: 119661 Keywords: Criminal InvestigationInterrogationInterviewing in Law EnforcementPolice Questioning |
Author: Bartels, Lorana Title: Police Interviews with Vulnerable Adult Suspects Summary: In this paper, some of the key issues police are likely to encounter when dealing with vulnerable adult suspects are considered and an overview of the Australian legislation and police policies governing police interviews in such circumstances is presented. This paper is concerned with vulnerable adults interviewed by the police as suspects. It is acknowledged, however, that many of the observations about good practice when interviewing witnesses continue to apply — perhaps to an even greater extent — when interviewing suspects. For example, interviewers’ questions need to be matched to respondents’ communicative abilities and suggestive/leading questions and other coercive practices should be avoided. Smith and Tilney (2007), and Bull (2010) have described the following steps as a means of achieving the best evidence when dealing with vulnerable witnesses: • establish good rapport, including establishing the ground rules and advising the interviewee that it is acceptable to say if they do not understand or know the answer; • obtain as much free narrative as possible, encouraging the interviewee with prompts and open-ended questions such as ‘tell me more about that’ and ‘what happened next?’; • ask questions of the right type in the right order. For example, open questions should precede specific questions and then closed questions. Leading questions should only be used as a last resort; • have meaningful closure, including a summary of the interviewee’s evidence and providing them with an opportunity to correct any errors; and • evaluate the interview, in terms of both the information obtained and the interviewer’s performance. This paper does not consider issues relating to court processes and the admissibility of evidence; nor does the paper explore the literature in relation to child witnesses or the specific issues of vulnerable witnesses as victims, for example, in the context of sexual assault matters, although these are all important linked areas of research. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2011. 13p. Source: Internet Resource: Research In Practice, No. 21: Accessed July 13, 2011 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/6/7/9/%7B67994F7E-4598-4CA8-A1A6-A003B4102D0B%7Drip21_001.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/6/7/9/%7B67994F7E-4598-4CA8-A1A6-A003B4102D0B%7Drip21_001.pdf Shelf Number: 122042 Keywords: Interviewing in Law EnforcementPolice Questioning (Australia)Suspects |