Interviewing Flashcards
What individual characteristics should be taken into account
-Age
-Cultural background
-Religion or belief
-Domestic Circs
-Physical and mental health
-Disability
-Gender
-Previous contact with police
Interviewers should consider what when planning and preparing?
-Create and record the interview plan
-Characteristics of the interviewee
-Practical arrangements
-Making a written plan
What should be included in an interview plan?
-Category of witness
-Range of topics to be covered
-Identified time parameters
-Points to prove the offence
-Points which may be defence
-ADVOKATE
What does PEACE stand for ?
Planning and Preparation
Engage and Explain
Account clarification and challenge
Closure
Evaluation
What does GRRR mean?
Greetings- how would you like to be treated
Reasons- why the interview is taking place
Routine -routine of interview
Route map- process of the interview
What is the Cone Diagram?
Opening Question
Probing Question
Closed Question
What are the qualities of a good question?
Relevant
Respectful
Sensible
What is PLAT?
People
Location
Action
Time
What do you not put in a statement?
Personal details
Addresses (Unless evidentially relevant)
Family member details
Other information
How do we retrieve information from our long-term memory?
Recognition
Recall
What affects our ability to recall?
Ineffective encoding
Interference
Fading
Motivated forgetting
Physical injury/ Trauma
Organic causes
Witness Recall can be affected by what types of things?
Media
Social Media
Parents
Other witnesses
Trauma
Fear
Who can be an appropriate adult?
-Does not need to be a relative
-Can be social services
-Cannot be associated with case I.e Witness
Who are section 16 Vulnerable witnesses?
Under 18
Menatl illness
Learning Disability
Physical disability
Who are section 16 Vulnerable witnesses?
-Under 18
-Mental illness
-Learning Disability
-Physical disability
