How much information is lost, or at least not "accessed", when a victim or witness of a crime is interviewed by the police? My guess is LOTS! After over 22 years of law enforcement experience I have seen many instances where people are interviewed and only a minimal amount of information is obtained.
Sometimes it may be, dare I say...laziness, but frequently it may just that the investigators were asking the wrong questions, or the wrong TYPE of questions to actually stimulate the individual memory and help guide them to provide further, accurate detail.
That is what Cognitive Interviewing is all about; maximizing the amount of information obtained from the people we interview. For more information check out LIES Linguistic Interrogation Expert Services at http://www.truthsleuth.com
Take care and stay safe!
Wes
*Another resource if the Interview and Interrogation Group which is an international association of investigative interviewers which you can find at http://www.lies.igroops.com
Thanks again!! :-)
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