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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Gaining an Understanding of Psychological Detention in Voluntary Interviews
DESCRIPTION:Title: Gaining an Understanding of Psychological Detention in Voluntary Interviews \nAbstract: \n 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 has been taken away. Study 1 presented participants (N = 258) with one of eight videos portraying a mock police interview that varied by Interviewer Dress\, Room Set-up\, and Free-to-Leave Instructions and were asked questions regarding their perceived freedom to leave. Study 2 will show participants clips from the real-world Russell Williams interrogation and ask their perceptions of (1) why Williams did not leave at various points and (2) how they would feel and react in a similar situation. Study 1 advances the concept of police officers providing voluntariness instructions to their interviewees. Doing this will potentially make the interviewee feel less psychologically detained\, therefore\, increasing their willingness to cooperate with the process. Further insights gained regarding the perception of psychological detention within voluntary police interviews will be discussed.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-gaining-an-understanding-of-psychological-detention-in-voluntary-interviews/
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SUMMARY:Round Table: Effective Practitioner-Academic Collaborations
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URL:https://iiirg.org/event/round-table-effective-practitioner-academic-collaborations/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220622T154000
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Examining a new interview technique to gather information and elicit cues to deceit: The Ghostwriter Method
DESCRIPTION:Title: Examining a new interview technique to gather information and elicit cues to deceit:\nThe Ghostwriter Method \nAbstract: \nBackground. This is the second experiment ever conducted to examine a new lie detection tool:\nthe Ghostwriter (GW) Method. We examined its effect on eliciting information\, cues to deceit\nand the technique’s working mechanisms. \nMethod. 150 participants were asked to either tell the truth or construct a false story regarding\na recent trip. They were allocated to a Control condition\, a GW condition (in which they were\nasked to imagine talking to a ghostwriter) and a GW-enhanced condition (in which the GWconcept\nwas explained in greater detail). The dependent variables were details\, complications\,\ncommon knowledge details\, self-handicapping strategies\, proportion of complications\,\nplausibility\, verifiable sources and unstructured production. \nResults. Participants in the GW-enhanced condition provided more information and cues to\ndeceit than participants in the other two conditions. Overall\, statements of truth-tellers\nsounded more plausible and included more details and complications than lie tellers’\nstatements. \nConclusion. The Ghostwriter method seems to be a promising tool for obtaining more\ninformation and cues to deceit
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-examining-a-new-interview-technique-to-gather-information-and-elicit-cues-to-deceit-the-ghostwriter-method/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Sketching Routes to Elicit Information and Cues to Deceit
DESCRIPTION:Title: Sketching Routes to Elicit Information and Cues to Deceit \n Abstract: \nInvestigative 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). In the current experiment\, we compared self-generated sketches and printed maps to understand their effect on information elicitation and deception detection. Participants carried out a mock mission near the department of psychology and were then instructed to tell the truth or to lie about the mission in an interview. The interviews were conducted online via Skype. In the first phase of the interview\, all participants provided a free verbal recall. In the second phase\, participants provided another free verbal recall or verbally described the mission while sketching either on a blank paper or on a printed map. Preliminary analysis with data collected so far (N = 161) shows that the self-generated sketch and the free verbal recall elicited more veracity differences than the printed map. This suggests that in interviews where information on routes and locations is needed\, asking suspects to generate a sketch may be more effective than presenting them with a printed map.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-sketching-routes-to-elicit-information-and-cues-to-deceit/
LOCATION:WDC402
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220622T152000
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Interviewing via the Model Statement: Examining the factors underpinning its effectiveness
DESCRIPTION:Title: Interviewing via the Model Statement: Examining the factors underpinning its effectiveness \nAbstract: \nBackground \nThe 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. We examined the impact of manipulating MS duration (long versus short) and richness-in-detail (high versus low) upon the quantity and accuracy of details reported by truth-tellers. \nMethod \nWe created four MS variants by orthogonally manipulating duration (in seconds) and richness-in-detail (using Reality Monitoring criteria). Participants (n = 205) were randomly allocated to one of these four conditions or to the MS-absent control condition. Participant’s watched a video of a gang meeting and were interviewed\, truthfully reporting what they recalled. See pre-registration: https://osf.io/ctmab. \nResults \nAnalysis revealed a main effect for MS duration. Participants in the long duration MS conditions reported more detailed statements versus participants in the short duration MS conditions. No main effect for MS richness-in-detail were found. Truth-tellers in all MS conditions reported more detailed statements versus participants in the MS-absent control condition. Accuracy rates did not vary between MS conditions. \nConclusion \nWhen creating MS to elicit information from truth-tellers\, duration appears to be an important factor. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-interviewing-via-the-model-statement-examining-the-factors-underpinning-its-effectiveness/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Applying the Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique to insurance claims
DESCRIPTION:Title: Applying the Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique to insurance claims \n Abstract: \nThis 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 (n = 55) provided an honest statement about a lost or stolen item within the previous 3 years\, while liars (n = 53) provided a false claim. All claimants were randomly assigned to either receive the control or AIM instructions. We found that truth tellers provided more information in the AIM condition (compared to the control condition)\, and discriminant analysis classificatory performance was improved slightly. Unfortunately\, the AIM instructions had little effect on the amount of information liars provided. Thus\, the AIM technique is useful for supporting truth tellers to be more detailed\, but more work needs to be conducted to assess why liars in this study did not implement a withholding strategy. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-applying-the-asymmetric-information-management-aim-technique-to-insurance-claims/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: The Complex Trial Protocol\, an innovative way to get to the truth
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Complex Trial Protocol\, an innovative way to get to the truth \nAbstract: \nThe 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 placing electrodes on the scalp of a person and it is considered as a reliable index of memory recognition\, underpinned by robust scientific evidence. The leading theory of this brainwave is the orienting reflex\, an involuntary psychophysiological reaction to a new and consequential stimulus. The Complex Trial Protocol is a reliable and sound methodology in analysing P300 brainwaves. In forensic circles it can be used to determine if a person involved in a crime\, as a witness or a suspect\, recognizes crucial pieces of information in relation to that crime and only known to the perpetrator or witness\, and the authorities.\nThe P300 brainwave used in the context of a Concealed Information Test (CIT) can determine if that person is in possession of that crucial piece of information or not\, and an inference of guilt or innocence can be drawn from such a conclusion. The CIT is easy to understand. A person is presented with a crucial piece of information (called ‘probe’) on a computer screen\, such as the murder weapon\, the wound pattern of a victim\, the crime scene\, the face of an accomplice or the face of an attacker\, in the case of a victim\, and it is assorted with a series of neutral alternatives (called ‘irrelevants’). Following a statistical analysis\, significant spike differences\, measured in microvolts\, between the probe and irrelevants\, provide a quantitative value of the memorial recognition value of stimuli presented. \nPerformed on a suspect prior to a formal interview\, this memory recognition technique can easily be incorporated as a form of credibility assessment within an interview strategy. For example\, if a suspect’s pre-interview test confirms the recognition of crucial stimuli only known to the author and the authorities and is followed by the suspect’s denial of the same information during the interview\, the test can be a useful element for an interviewer.\nAlternatively\, the same test can be administered to crime witnesses. A major problem faced by law enforcement agencies worldwide is the unreliability of eyewitness identification and scarcity of physical clues at crime scenes. The body of evidence in mistaken eyewitness identification as a major contributing factor to wrongful convictions is considerable. Police agencies only collect physical evidence in approx. 15% or less of crime scenes. This relatively inexpensive and non-invasive technique is most likely to benefit law enforcement and national security agencies throughout the world in reducing erroneous suspect identification. \nThis presentation features the unveiling of recent data from 4 lab experiments involving autobiographical data\, verbal versus pictorial stimuli and levels of processing in a mock theft scenario\, and the use of multiple pictorial probe stimuli (i.e.\, explosive device\, crime scene\, and face of accomplice) in a mock terrorism scenario.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-the-complex-trial-protocol-an-innovative-way-to-get-to-the-truth/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors of sexual aggressors’ associated with their confession in an investigative interviewing context
DESCRIPTION:Intrinsic and extrinsic factors of sexual aggressors’ associated with their confession in an investigative interviewing context \nAbstract \nMuch 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 to better understand sexual aggressors’ decision to confess during an investigative interview. Seventy eight participants were recruited at the Regional Reception Centre\, a federal correctional facility located in Quebec\, Canada. Results from logistic regression modeling suggested that sexual aggressors are a distinct population of interest and a specific approach should be use when interrogating them. The results also support an integrative approach to confession that would take into account individual\, offense and situational factors in order to better understand what makes sexual aggressors confess in an investigative interview\, although individual factors seem to play a prominent role. The regression models and the predictor variables within them are further discussed in relation to their implications on police practices in the interrogation room. \nKeywords: Investigative interviewing\, sexual aggressors\, confession\, police \n  \nAuthors: Samuel Girard\, Tamsin Higgs\, Tony Brien\, Nadine Deslauriers-Varin
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-intrinsic-and-extrinsic-factors-of-sexual-aggressors-associated-with-their-confession-in-an-investigative-interviewing-context/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Suspect responses to questions during homicide investigative interviews: What are the effects of suspect veracity and culpability?
DESCRIPTION:Title: Suspect responses to questions during homicide investigative interviews: What are the effects of suspect veracity and culpability?  \nAbstract: \nDuring 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 are productive in obtaining information from a suspect\, whereas inappropriate types are those that inhibit or restrict a suspect from providing information. Accordingly\, several studies have measured interview quality by examining the percentage of different question types used\, though few studies have evaluated suspect responses to specific question types in detail. To explore suspect response\, a specially designed coding frame was applied to 60 homicide suspect interviews. The study examined the type\, frequency and yield (amount of information) of responses to certain appropriate and inappropriate question types. Responses were also examined in relation to the truthfulness of the suspect in interview\, and whether the suspect was later found guilty or innocent. The most frequent response was for suspects to provide information\, with open questions generating the largest yield. Guilty suspects denying their guilt were found to use avoidance strategies\, such as remaining silent or providing a minimal or non-lexical response. This presentation outlines possible explanations to determine how and why homicide suspects respond differently. \n  \nAuthors: Kate Miller (Principal Author; University of Chester)\, Dr Clea Wright (University of Chester)\, Associate Prof Michelle Mattison (University of Nottingham)\, Associate Prof Lisa Oakley (University of Chester).
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-suspect-responses-to-questions-during-homicide-investigative-interviews-what-are-the-effects-of-suspect-veracity-and-culpability/
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SUMMARY:Practitioner Case Study: Evidence-Based Suspect Interviewing Practices In Action: A Case Review of the Adam Strong Interview
DESCRIPTION: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 demonstrating Strong had murdered her or Kandis. The key to the conviction\, as outlined on the judge’s ruling\, was the admissions Strong made during a 12-hour interview with Detective Paul Mitton of the Durham Regional Police. The purpose of this case study is to analyze Det. Mitton’s approach using video clips taken from the original interview with Strong. This includes the use of rapport-building tactics\, employing open-ended questions and silence\, ensuring proper legal procedures were followed\, and effective evidence presentation. Despite never obtaining – or even pushing for – a confession\, Det. Mitton was able to obtain enough inculpatory admissions from Strong to secure a conviction. It is hoped that this case review can serve as an example of how using evidence-based information-gathering suspect interviewing practices in real-world investigations can lead to interviews that are both highly effective and legally admissible.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/practitioner-case-study-evidence-based-suspect-interviewing-practices-in-action-a-case-review-of-the-adam-strong-interview/
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