6.1.3 Ethical Interviewing

Question 1

Why do we need ethical interviewing?

Answer 1

• Complaints about police standard interview
• Development of PEACE

Question 2

Stage 1

Answer 2

Planning and Preparation
- Identify aims and outcome required
- Plan questions, set a time and date, how it will be recorded

Question 3

Strength Stage 1

Answer 3

Clarke and Milne
- Compared post and pre PEACE interviews
- Improvement of ethics

Question 4

Weakness Stage 1

Answer 4

Clarke and Milne
- Little difference between PEACE trained officers and untrained

Question 5

Stage 2

Answer 5

Engage and Explain
- Build rapport
- Explain how interview will happen

Question 6

Strength Stage 2

Answer 6

Roberts
- Using ethical interviews may improve the reliability of information given
- Improve police to community relationships

Question 7

Weakness Stage 2

Answer 7

Criticism
- DV focussed on confessions
- Not enough research into ethics

Question 8

Stage 3

Answer 8

Account
- Ask them to provide an account of behaviour
- Let them talk and explain
- Gaps unless they want to add more

Question 9

Stage 3 Strength

Answer 9

Walsh and Bull
- Using PEACE can lead to full accounts and even confessions

Question 10

Stage 4 Weakness

Answer 10

Criticism
- Gives a structure but doesn’t show police explicitly how to interview
- Lowers usefulness

Question 11

Stage 4

Answer 11

Closure
- Bring to a good conclusion
- Maintain rapport incase 2nd interview

Question 12

Stage 5

Answer 12

Evaluation
- Evaluate against required aims
- Look over material obtained