The Mindful Interview Method

Retrieving Cognitive Evidence
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-20079-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 530 Seiten, Format (B × H): 253 mm x 177 mm, Gewicht: 1212 g

The Mindful Eyewitness Interview: Retrieving Cognitive Evidence assists investigators in gathering authentic, reliable information from eyewitnesses to identify the culprit, and improving the gathering of reliable information from private sector interviewers. It’s a resource that offers the reader evidence-based techniques to enhance gathering reliable evidence and reveals the assessment component that measures the reliability of cognitive evidence.

It is notable that currently there is minimal to no instruction or training offered to those individuals most-often tasked with interviewing an eyewitness about a criminal investigation. This fact is reflected in recent revelations of cases involving misidentifications and wrongful convictions of innocent people. The assumption that officials, trained in the rules of evidence, are asking the questions without proper understanding of the fragility of human memory. The reality is that eyewitness interview training is cursory at best, and most often nonexistent. Despite the lack of training and certification, we allow interviewers to practice in the face of well-established research on the malleability of human memory.

Considering this current justice reform on best practices, The Mindful Eyewitness Interview provides a path forward, detailing how the interviewer can conduct information-gathering strategies of questioning anyone in a mindful manner. The book uses cognitive research to inform the methods and principles for a mindful approach—without being wholly or overly prescriptive. This is the best way to elicit reliable accounts and information, and use evidence-based lines of questioning, to perform interviews that elicit the most reliable information for investigative purposes.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zamora, Gil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Perspectives 1. Introduction 2. A Different Path Part II: Establishing Principles 3. Cognitive Evidence 4. The Detective Mind 5. Heuristics of Interviewing Eyewitnesses 6. Investigating Mindfulness Part III: How We Interview Eyewitnesses 7. Mindful of the Innocent 8. Mindful of Interrogations 9. Empathetic Strategy Part IV: Mindful Interview Method 10. Principles Behind Mindful Interview Method 11. How to perform the Mindful Interview Method Part V: Meta-eyewitness Interviews 12. Eyewitness Interview Paradigm 13. Eyewitness Interview Training 14. Measuring the Noise Part VI: Analyzing Case Studies 15. Case Study#1 16. Case Study #2 17. Case Study #3 18. Case Study #4 19. Case Study #5 Part VII: Expectations 20. Expectations and Future Research Appendix A - Category of Questions and Comments Appendix B - Sample MIM Script Appendix C - Forensic Art Indexing Appendix D - List of All Case Studies Appendix E - Case Study Transcripts and EEIA Summary Reports

Über Autor(innen)

Gil Zamora retired from the San Jose Police Department in 2011 as the police artist. During his time there, he interviewed well over 3,000 eyewitnesses to crimes ranging from indecent exposure to murder. He was certified in the FBI Composite Art technique in 1993 and apprenticed with renowned police artist, Tom Macris, from 1992 - 1995. He developed his own interview methodology, Compositure (1998), based on the cognitive interview technique and focused on the elimination of post event information to stimulate eyewitness memory. His interview technique led him to help solve several hundreds of investigations in the Bay Area and testify as an expert forensic artist in various criminal court cases. Mr. Zamora was a senior instructor (from 2000 - 2014) in the cognitive interview technique and trained investigators throughout the state of California in advance interview techniques certified by P.O.S.T. He provided annual training for SJPD investigators coming into the bureau to inform them about forensic art resources to help in their investigations. Mr. Zamora is a frequent speaker at local universities, victim advocacy groups, and law enforcement agencies.