In May 2021 Adam Strong was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Rori Hache (2017) and Kandis Fitzpatrick (2008) in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Although there was forensic evidence showing he had dismembered and disposed of Rori’s body, including the recovery of her body parts from Strong’s apartment, there was no direct evidence […]
Title: Suspect responses to questions during homicide investigative interviews: What are the effects of suspect veracity and culpability? Abstract: During a police investigative interview how a suspect responds is often highly dependent on the questions used by the interviewer. Using appropriate types of questions is therefore of great importance. Appropriate question types are those that […]
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors of sexual aggressors’ associated with their confession in an investigative interviewing context Abstract Much is still yet unknown of individual, offense and situational factors allowing to predict sexual aggressors’ confession to their crime. The objectives of this study are (1) to identify them and (2) to elaborate an interaction model helping […]
Title: The Complex Trial Protocol, an innovative way to get to the truth Abstract: The P300 is a well-studied electrical brainwave which appears as a positive (P) deflection on an electroencephalogram (EEG) and occurs about 300 to 600 ms (300) after a person is presented with a meaningful and novel stimulus. It is detectable by […]
Title: Applying the Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique to insurance claims Abstract: This study investigated the Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique’s ability to detect fraudulent insurance claims submitted online. The AIM instructions inform claimants that, inter alia, more detailed statements are easier to accurately classify as either genuine or fabricated. To test this, truth tellers […]
Title: Interviewing via the Model Statement: Examining the factors underpinning its effectiveness Abstract: Background The Model Statement (MS) is an audio-recorded detailed statement, on an unrelated topic to that of the interview, of the level-of-detail expected from interviewees. Research has shown the MS elicits more detailed information from interviewees compared to a ‘report everything’ instruction. […]
Title: Sketching Routes to Elicit Information and Cues to Deceit Abstract: Investigative practitioners are increasingly using sketching whilst narrating in investigative and intelligence-gathering interviews. The technique involves suspects describing the target event while sketching on a blank paper (self-generated sketch with narration) or on a printed map of the target location (printed map with narration). […]
Title: Examining a new interview technique to gather information and elicit cues to deceit: The Ghostwriter Method Abstract: Background. This is the second experiment ever conducted to examine a new lie detection tool: the Ghostwriter (GW) Method. We examined its effect on eliciting information, cues to deceit and the technique’s working mechanisms. Method. 150 participants […]
Title: Gaining an Understanding of Psychological Detention in Voluntary Interviews Abstract: The current research addresses the concept of psychological detention across two studies. Psychological detention is a concept that refers to a situation in which a person who is interacting with the police feels on a psychological level that their freedom to leave the situation […]