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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Social workers’ knowledge about children’s memory and investigative interviewing
DESCRIPTION:Title: Social workers’ knowledge about children’s memory and investigative interviewing \nAbstract: \nThe Child Protective Services (CPS) can be prominent actors in child sexual abuse (CSA) investigations as they often conduct the first safety assessment upon receiving a report of concern for a child. As part of this assessment\, CPS may conduct an investigative interview with the child. However\, to date\, little is known about how these interviews are conducted. The present study aimed to shed light on Swedish social workers’ experience interviewing children and knowledge about children’s memory and witness abilities. A total of 204 social workers participated in an online survey\, answering questions concerning memory functioning and child investigative interviewing. The main findings were a lack of standardized interviewing guidelines\, with CPS workers instead using various interviewing techniques with limited empirical support. Participants mentioned insecurities regarding posing good\, non-leading questions\, and some expressed feeling unequipped interviewing children. Further\, participants’ knowledge regarding children’s memory varied. Many expressed awareness that memories can be vulnerable to suggestions and that emotions cannot verify a memory’s authenticity. However\, participants were more insecure regarding the possibilities to repress and\, subsequently\, recover memories. Implications for children’s need for protection and legal certainty are discussed. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-social-workers-knowledge-about-childrens-memory-and-investigative-interviewing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T122000
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Attorneys’ questions and children’s responses referring to the nature of genital touch in child sexual abuse trials
DESCRIPTION:Title: Attorneys’ questions and children’s responses referring to the nature of genital touch in child sexual abuse trials \nAbstract: \nIn child sexual abuse cases\, establishing the location and invasiveness of genital touch is of key importance. However\, research demonstrates that children struggle to provide clear terms for their sexual body parts in investigative interviews\, especially when asked to name them rather than describe their function or location (Burrows et al.\, 2017). Additionally\, young girls may not share an adult understanding of the concept of an ‘inside’ in relation to their genitals (Gallion et al.\, 2016). The present study was the first to analyse attorneys’ questions and children’s responses referring to genital anatomy and the nature of genital touch in court\, in a sample of 153 4-10-year-olds testifying in child sexual abuse trials in California. Preliminary analyses showed that attorneys primarily asked about terminology and location rather than using ‘function’ questions to demonstrate children’s understanding of sexual body parts. In line with previous research\, 42% of ‘naming’ questions failed to elicit clear evidence of children’s knowledge of genitals. Attorneys asked about penetration using closed-ended questions that enforce the inside/outside binary\, rarely providing children with the opportunity to describe genital touch in their own words. Our findings provide preliminary evidence that attorneys use developmentally inappropriate questions when asking children about genital anatomy and the invasiveness of genital touch. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-attorneys-questions-and-childrens-responses-referring-to-the-nature-of-genital-touch-in-child-sexual-abuse-trials/
LOCATION:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T112000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T114000
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CREATED:20220612T141010Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Interpreted investigative interviews with children - do they impact Swedish court proceedings?
DESCRIPTION:Title: Interpreted investigative interviews with children – do they impact Swedish court proceedings? \nAbstract: \nThe investigative interview often constitutes vital evidence in child abuse investigations. In the past decades\, countries across the globe have implemented evidence-based guidelines in investigative interviews with children. Recent research has found that the quality of interviews with one group of children\, namely those interviewed via an interpreter\, is cause for concern. In Sweden\, approximately twenty percent of the population was born abroad. Further\, according to estimates\, thirty percent of school-aged children do not speak Swedish in their homes. Hence\, an interpreter may be necessary during the investigative interview if the child does not speak sufficient Swedish. Professionals conducting interpreted child interviews express concerns that the interpreter might have a limited understanding of best-practice child interviewing. However\, it is\, to date\, unknown if the child’s interview being interpreted affects the court’s assessment of the statement. Hence\, the current study aims to investigate if\, and\, in that case\, how the presence or absence of an interpreter during the investigative interview affects the courts’ assessment of children’s testimony. Data from 81 court cases will be analyzed\, and the results will be presented in light of current knowledge on interpreters in the legal setting.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-interpreted-investigative-interviews-with-children-do-they-impact-swedish-court-proceedings/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T112000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T114000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T140801Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: How do adults perceive children’s testimony elicited via a language interpreter?
DESCRIPTION:Title: How do adults perceive children’s testimony elicited via a language interpreter? \nAbstract: \nProsecution of crimes against youth often depends on youths’ testimony. This presents unique challenges for youth who are not fluent in the jurisdiction’s official language and are thus assigned language interpreters and for those individuals who are listening to and making judgments about interpreter-mediated testimony. The purpose of the present study was to advance understanding of how jurors perceive children and adolescents testifying via a language interpreter and the factors that influence their perceptions. \nWe assessed mock jurors’ perceptions of two audio recordings of investigative interviews with children and adolescents. A 2 (Age: child v. adolescent) x 2 (Interpreter: Present v. Absent) design was implemented with Age varied within-subjects and Interpreter varied between-subjects. Half of the English-speaking participants listened to an interview with a youth testifying in Spanish via an interpreter and half to an interview in English. Then\, participants answered items regarding the youth (e.g.\, credibility\, suggestibility\, intelligence)\, interviewer\, and interview. Data collection and analyses are currently underway and will be completed by May 2022. \nUnderstanding mock jurors’ perceptions of interpreter-mediated interviews with youth is crucial for promoting access to justice for all youth. Our increasingly global society makes it vital to understand how adults perceive interpreter-mediated interviews.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-how-do-adults-perceive-childrens-testimony-elicited-via-a-language-interpreter/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T105000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T130044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T130044Z
UID:14534-1656066600-1656067800@iiirg.org
SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: The Way We All Remember: The Influence of Different Cultures on Eyewitness Memory and Investigative Interviewing
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Way We All Remember: The Influence of Different Cultures on Eyewitness Memory and Investigative Interviewing \nAbstract:  \nNowadays\, more and more people report about their memories in cross-cultural contexts\, such as asylum interviews and international criminal cases. That poses challenges\, because there are differences in how people from different cultural backgrounds remember and talk about events. We conducted two experiments to examine cultural differences in memory for objects and events\, respectively\, comparing Sub-Saharan African participants to a matched Western European control group. The first experiment was aimed at object identification and has been completed. We found that African participants were significantly less likely to convert two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) representations and significantly more likely to respond in the affirmative than European participants. In the second experiment\, which is ongoing\, we move beyond object identification to investigative interviewing about a witnessed event. We will examine differences in free and cued recall of an event (e.g.\, level and type of detail\, accuracy\, emotionality\, response style)\, as well as person and object lineup identification performance. Our findings elucidate cultural factors in eyewitness memory and investigative interviewing. In the paper we will elaborate on what cultural differences mean for investigative interviewing of people from different cultures.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-the-way-we-all-remember-the-influence-of-different-cultures-on-eyewitness-memory-and-investigative-interviewing/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T101000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T103000
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CREATED:20220612T125834Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: The Influence of Culture on Witness Accounts: An Interdisciplinary Scoping Review
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Influence of Culture on Witness Accounts: An Interdisciplinary Scoping Review \nAbstract: \nIn an ever more globalized world\, it is becoming more common for witnesses and those gathering evidence to be from different countries. Investigative interviewers and legal practitioners frequently report problems when questioning witnesses with different cultural backgrounds. We conducted a scoping review\, providing the first synthesis of research on the ways in which culture influences the giving\, receiving\, and evaluating of witness accounts from investigations to trial. Comprehensive searches were conducted in Scopus\, Web of Science Core Collection\, APA PsycInfo\, Criminal Justice Abstracts\, and IBSS for relevant journal articles and book chapters. A total of 205 articles were selected for full-text screening. Several thematic areas were identified: (1) The universality of law over culture; (2) Culture shaping memory recall; (3) Language as culture in the courtroom; (4) The use of interpreters; and (5) The mixing of legal cultures. Surprisingly\, almost none of the articles defined “culture”\, leaving the reader to make their own assumptions about what was meant by the term. Preliminary results indicate that cultural mishaps in legal proceedings are plentiful and are not dealt with in a uniform manner. We would welcome a discussion with practitioners to hear their views on the influence of culture on witness accounts. \n  \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-the-influence-of-culture-on-witness-accounts-an-interdisciplinary-scoping-review/
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CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220624T095000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220624T101000
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CREATED:20220612T125615Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Beliefs\, Confidence\, and Attribution Bias regarding Deception Cues in Police Officers and Laypeople
DESCRIPTION:Title: Beliefs\, Confidence\, and Attribution Bias regarding Deception Cues in Police Officers and Laypeople \n Abstract: \nPolice officers’ beliefs regarding deception detection are often remote from the scientific consensus. These beliefs commonly rely on the nervousness hypothesis\, stating that deceit involves observable behavioral indicators of stress. However\, little is know about how these beliefs may vary based on other factors\, such as the confidence in one’s beliefs and the attribution of cues to deception to oneself\, a close person\, or a complete stranger. In this study\, police officers (N = 124) and laypeople (N = 182) were asked to express to what extent behavioral cues were observed when either a complete stranger\, a close person\, or they themselves were being deceitful. Confidence in their answers was also recorded. Results support the belief-in-nervousness hypothesis\, as most cues were considered to be more present when one was lying. An attribution bias was observed revealing that police officers expect certain deception cues to appear more with other people than with themselves. Additionally\, we show a high correlation between the expected appearance of deceit-related cues and the confidence in the belief. Finally\, Bayesian analyses support the similarity in belief content and confidence between laypeople and police officers. Results are discussed in terms of training and recruiting processes.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-beliefs-confidence-and-attribution-bias-regarding-deception-cues-in-police-officers-and-laypeople/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T161000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T163000
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CREATED:20220612T124219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T124219Z
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SUMMARY:Sponsor Talk: Mangold - Scientific analysis of interview recordings with Mangold INTERACT
DESCRIPTION:Title: Session 2: Scientific analysis of interview recordings with Mangold INTERACT \nAbstract: \nMangold International supplies mobile and stationary audio-video-systems for lip-sync audiovisual recordings of interrogations and investigative interviews which can be used for legal processes. We equip your interview rooms with the newest computer/audio/video technology\, including our well-proven VideoSyncPro Studio Software for audio and video control and debriefing. \nOur software Mangold INTERACT is the ideal follow-up tool in your project tool-chain. It enables the extraction of complex information from your recorded videos and converts them into meaningful and scientifically based information. \nIn session two of the presentation\, Dominik shows how to use their professional behavioral research software Mangold INTERACT for executing a qualitative and quantitative coding of the recorded videos. Based on the set codes in Mangold INTERACT\, several interesting statistics can be processed automatically by the software with just one click.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/sponsor-talk-mangold-scientific-analysis-of-interview-recordings-with-mangold-interact/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T155000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T161000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T124051Z
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SUMMARY:Sponsor Talk: Mangold - Investigative Interview Recordings with Mangold VideoSyncPro Studio
DESCRIPTION:Title: Session 1: Investigative Interview Recordings with Mangold VideoSyncPro Studio \nAbstract: \nMangold International supplies mobile and stationary audio-video-systems for lip-sync audiovisual recordings of interrogations and investigative interviews which can be used for legal processes. We equip your interview rooms with the newest computer/audio/video technology\, including our well-proven VideoSyncPro Studio Software for audio and video control and debriefing. \nOur software Mangold INTERACT is the ideal follow-up tool in your project tool-chain. It enables the extraction of complex information from your recorded videos and converts them into meaningful and scientifically based information. \nIn session one of the presentation\, Dominik Wessling presents Mangold and their own Software VideoSyncPro Studio for a lip-sync recording of investigative interviews by using several microphones and network cameras. He also describes the requirements on the interview recordings for law enforcement purposes and gives a brief insight into the functionality of their flexible mobile interview recording system.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/sponsor-talk-mangold-investigative-interview-recordings-with-mangold-videosyncpro-studio/
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CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T144000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T152000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T122618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T122618Z
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SUMMARY:Student Event: Managing Relationships as a Student and ECR (Supervisors\, Peers\, Collaborators and Friends)
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URL:https://iiirg.org/event/student-event-managing-relationships-as-a-student-and-ecr-supervisors-peers-collaborators-and-friends/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T144000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T122453Z
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SUMMARY:Sponsor Talk: Indico
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URL:https://iiirg.org/event/sponsor-talk-indico/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T122000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T030112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T030112Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Defence representatives in interview – A pain in the **** or an aid to interviewing? A view from the dark side.
DESCRIPTION:Title: “Defence representatives in interview – A pain in the **** or an aid to interviewing? A view from the dark side.” \nAbstract: \nThis presentation highlights the level of understanding of legal representatives as to the different techniques of Investigative Interviewing and the perceived impact\, if any\, of their presence and\, where it occurs\, intervention by legal representatives on the effectiveness of the interviewers’ questioning. \nHaving used a questionnaire of a number of legal representatives I demonstrate the level of knowledge of those surveyed as to key concepts of investigative interviewing including the PEACE model\, Conversation Management and Cognitive Interviewing. I identify the ways in which legal representatives consider they make the most impact in suspect interviews whilst recognising the limitations of the methodology. I conclude by highlighting the numerous potential avenues for further research that these findings evoke.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-defence-representatives-in-interview-a-pain-in-the-or-an-aid-to-interviewing-a-view-from-the-dark-side/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T114000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T120000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T025844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T025853Z
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SUMMARY:Practitioner Case Study: The Role of Intermediaries at Parole Board Oral Hearings
DESCRIPTION:Title – The Role of Intermediaries at Parole Board Oral Hearings \nAbstract: \nAn exploratory study about the use of intermediaries (communication specialists) at Parole Board Oral Hearings with the following aims: \n\nTo what extent are intermediaries used to facilitate communication with vulnerable prisoners giving evidence at oral hearings?\nTo what extent are intermediaries used to facilitate communication with vulnerable victims attending oral Hearings?\n\n 39 participants completed the research questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis. \nResults: \n\nParticipants recognized a number of communication difficulties that persons attending an oral hearing may have including needs relating to learning disability; mental illness; personality disorder; ADHD; autism; dementia; head injury and trauma.\nParticipants had limited experience of intermediaries attending parole hearings for prisoners.\nParticipants had no experience of intermediaries attending parole hearings for victims.\nThere was support for using intermediaries at oral hearings.\nThere were some cautionary words of concern including awareness that oral hearings may take longer\, and the parole process be delayed\, causing unfairness\, if intermediaries were required.\n\nConclusions: \n\nIn the absence of a formal intermediary service for Parole Board Oral Hearings\, all Parole Board Members\, professional witnesses\, and legal representatives must be aware of adaptations that should be made to enable effective communication at Parole Board oral hearings.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/practitioner-case-study-the-role-of-intermediaries-at-parole-board-oral-hearings/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T105000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T023436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T142203Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Vanity Fair Syndrome in Japan: A Conviction without a Criminal
DESCRIPTION:Title: Vanity Fair Syndrome in Japan: A Conviction without a Criminal \nAbstract: \nIt is known that sometimes investigators unintentionally let defendants confess that he/she is a criminal in cases that should have been treated as ‘accidents’ not ‘crimes’. This is one of the types of false confession leading to the miscarriage of justice. \nCollecting such kinds of wrongful conviction cases in Japan\, we confirmed that police have a psychological tendency to regard a case as a crime rather than an accident even when they don’t have definite evidence. We named this ‘Vanity Fair Syndrome’ after the famous novel\, in which one of the main characters\, Ms. Rebecca Sharp\, made use of every people and chances to run up the stairs to the upper class’ society. \nIn this presentation\, based on this concept we will analyze a recent Japanese case with a false confession of murder of a patient given by a nursing woman\, although the death was actually by an accident. This case shows us very clearly the universal mistake the criminal justice system falls into. \nThe district court ordering a not guilty judgement in the retrial showed how the investigative interviewing of a vulnerable defendant could be dangerous through analysing the interview process on this case. The female defendant was 24 years old at the time when she was arrested and had developmental disability and attachment disorder. \n‘Vanity Fair Syndrome’ is seen not only in Japan but also in other countries and the lessons taken from this case should be shared with the investigators across the borders.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-vanity-fair-syndrome-in-japan-a-conviction-without-a-criminal/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T101000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T103000
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CREATED:20220612T023147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T023600Z
UID:14399-1655979000-1655980200@iiirg.org
SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Police officers' perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child witnesses
DESCRIPTION:Title: Police officers’ perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child witnesses \nAbstract: \nWhen interviewing vulnerable witnesses\, such as children\, investigative interviewers in England and Wales are advised to follow the Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) in Criminal Proceedings guidelines (MoJ\, 2022). These guidelines recommend that practitioners engage in a truth-lies discussion with child witnesses at the end of the rapport phase of an interview. Such discussions aim to make children aware of the importance of telling the truth\, thus encouraging them to provide an honest and truthful statement. However\, there is no standardised procedure involving the employment of truth-lies discussions in practice and to date\, little is known about whether\, and how\, these discussions are employed in the field. This study will explore police officers’ perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child witnesses through interviewing strategies such as truth-lies discussions. Police officers\, trained in ABE guidelines and who regularly interview child witnesses\, will be invited to complete an online survey. Multiple choice and open-ended questions will explore (i) practitioners’ experiences of promoting honesty during interviews with children\, (ii) potential obstacles encountered\, and (iii) recommendations for alternative honesty-promoting strategies. The results will be discussed in terms of ideas for future research to inform evidence-based policing to facilitate honest and accurate accounts from child witnesses.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-police-officers-perceptions-and-experiences-of-promoting-honesty-in-child-witnesses/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220623T095000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220623T101000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220612T022811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T022811Z
UID:14397-1655977800-1655979000@iiirg.org
SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Verbal cues to deception in autistic mock-suspects
DESCRIPTION:Title: Verbal cues to deception in autistic mock-suspects \nAbstract: \nInvestigative interviews present significant social and cognitive challenges to autistic people. Autistic witnesses often provide less detailed and accurate information during interviews than typically developing (TD) comparisons. Autistic suspects may similarly struggle to provide such information\, leaving them susceptible to appearing deceptive. However\, there is currently a lack of research to guide investigative interviewing and veracity judgements with autistic suspects. The present study aims to address these gaps in the literature. Thirty autistic and 30 TD adults (IQs > 85) were randomly assigned to a mock-crime (guilty) or non-criminal (innocent) task in an immersive virtual city environment. Subsequently\, participants were instructed to attempt to convince a mock-investigative interviewer of their innocence in the crime. Data collection is in the final stages. Inferential statistical analyses will test whether (i) autistic adults’ deceptive statements display verbal cues consistent with those of TD adults; and (ii) autistic suspects’ truthful statements inadvertently display verbal deception cues (e.g.\, contradicting available evidence and containing less investigation-relevant information). Analysis of participants’ post-interview questionnaire responses will examine interview experience (e.g.\, whether autistic adults experience greater levels of anxiety and difficulty understanding questions). Findings will have implications for interviewing autistic suspects\, as well as for understanding deception in autism.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-verbal-cues-to-deception-in-autistic-mock-suspects-2/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220622T154000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220622T160000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220611T202450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220612T141819Z
UID:14381-1655912400-1655913600@iiirg.org
SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: How to talk to children when suspecting sexual abuse – Current practice in Schools in the North of Germany and recommendations for best practice guidelines
DESCRIPTION:Title: How to talk to children when suspecting sexual abuse – Current practice in Schools in the North of Germany and recommendations for best practice guidelines \nAbstract: \nTeachers and other school professionals (e.g. school social workers\, school psychologists) are among the first contact persons for children to disclose experiences of sexual abuse. Equally\, if teachers suspect sexual abuse\, they may approach children and initiate a conversation or seek help from other school professionals for such conversations. In both cases\, the person dealing with the child faces the challenging task to conduct conversations in a manner encouraging disclosure\, yet avoiding suggestive influences.\nIn a pilot study up to twenty interviews with teachers and other school professionals will be conducted during Spring 2022 to collect indications on how to handle situations in schools and how to talk to children when suspecting sexual abuse. Furthermore\, up to twenty interviews with members of the judicial and help system (police officers\, prosecutors\, employees at youth welfare office or counselling services) are conducted to collect their suggestions for best practice guidelines for schools.\nPreliminary interview results concerning the current practice in schools will be presented and best practice guidelines will be discussed.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-how-to-talk-to-children-when-suspecting-sexual-abuse-current-practice-in-schools-in-the-north-of-germany-and-recommendations-for-best-practice-guidelines/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220622T152000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220622T154000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220611T202211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220611T202211Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: The ViContact VR Training: Virtual Children and their Response Algorithm
DESCRIPTION:Title: The ViContact VR Training: Virtual Children and their Response Algorithm \nAbstract: \nIn this presentation\, the ViContact VR training will be introduced in more detail. The ViContact VR training is a virtual training environment in which participants can practice in an action-oriented way how to talk to children in suspected cases of child sexual abuse in order to find out whether and what happened to a child. \nFor this purpose\, virtual children aged about 10 years have been developed who have general knowledge about their own circumstances and knowledge about a stressful event. This could be a sexual abuse\, another event requiring intervention\, or some other stressful event with no need for intervention. \nThe presentation will focus on the algorithm developed to determine how virtual children respond to participants’ questions and comments. The basic idea of this complex probabilistic scheme is that children are more likely to reveal their knowledge when questioning is open and socio-emotionally supportive than when questioning is closed or suggestive. \nIn this way\, the algorithm supports the training goal\, as participants can only achieve it if they question the child appropriately. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-the-vicontact-vr-training-virtual-children-and-their-response-algorithm/
LOCATION:WDC403
CATEGORIES:WDC403
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220622T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220622T152000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172754
CREATED:20220611T201903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220611T201903Z
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: “ViContact” - an Interactive Seminar and Virtual Reality Training for Talking to Children about suspected Sexual Abuse
DESCRIPTION:Title: “ViContact” – an Interactive Seminar and Virtual Reality Training for Talking to Children about suspected Sexual Abuse \nAbstract: \nWe introduce “ViContact” – a newly developed multi-method programme to train teachers how to talk to children about suspicions of sexual abuse. ViContact consists of a two-day seminar as well as exercises in a three-dimensional virtual reality scenario\, where teachers conduct verbal conversations with virtual children. Depending on the teachers’ conversational competences\, the virtual children will either disclose what they have experienced or withhold this information. After each conversation\, the teachers receive automated feedback with personalized advice on how to improve their conversational skills. In this presentation\, we give an overview of the program and present a study protocol for a randomized control trial investigating the effects of both training components on the conversational skills of teacher trainees. We expect an increase in open questions and rapport-building strategies. We also investigate effects of the training on self-efficacy\, as well as cognitive patterns and emotions regarding suspicions of sexual abuse. In case of a positive evaluation\, the training programme will be available open source and hopefully contribute to improving teachers’ abilities in dealing with suspicions of sexual abuse.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-vicontact-an-interactive-seminar-and-virtual-reality-training-for-talking-to-children-about-suspected-sexual-abuse/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Investigative Interview Training using an AI-Driven Talking Avatar
DESCRIPTION:Title: Investigative Interview Training using a Multimodal Child Avatar \nAbstract: \nEffective child investigative interview training is needed to bridge the gap between best-practice-guidelines and practice in field. We aim to develop an empirically informed training system using dynamic multimodal child-avatars based on game engine and artificial intelligence (AI) methods including dialogue models trained on well-designed mock interviews with children aged 5-7. Multimodal avatars will enable interviewers to develop and maintain complex skills needed. Combining the dynamic avatar with feedback may be the future of training with availability and cost-efficacy. \nWe will present “Ilma”\, the avatar\, that recognizes interviewers’ verbal questioning\, automatically responding to prompts in turn-taking manner. Two user studies have been conducted. Prototype (i) with animated-based avatar using virtual reality (VR) was tested by CPS-experts and students finding support for further development. After investigating user’s perception of realism in multiple virtual child-avatars\, we will test prototype (ii) with best rated animated-based avatar and synthetic best-rated voice in April 2022\, running interviews with CPS-experts and students (n = 50) on text-only\, audio-only\, desktop monitor VR (2D) and VR (3D) in randomized order. Scenario description is given pre-training\, and post-assessment of user-experience (e.g.\, presence\, dynamics\, ease of use) and learning effects will be measured. Results from the study will be presented.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-investigative-interview-training-using-an-ai-driven-talking-avatar/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Transfer of Avatar Training Effects to Investigative Field Interviews of Children Conducted by Police Officers
DESCRIPTION:Title: Transfer of Avatar Training Effects to Investigative Field Interviews of Children Conducted by Police Officers \nAbstract: \nPrevious research with students and some professional groups (psychologists) have repeatedly demonstrated that repeated feedback in simulated investigative interviews with computerized child avatars improves the quality of the interviews conducted with real children who have witnessed a mock event. However\, it is not known whether the avatar training effects would transfer to investigative interviews with real child victims or witnesses of physical and sexual abuse conducted by police investigators. Twenty two police investigators participated in the study. Half of the participants first received no feedback and then received feedback (control group) while the other half received feedback (experimental group) on their performance during repeated interviews with avatars. Investigators were asked to present a transcript of an interview with a real child victim or witness prior the avatar training and also after the avatar trainings (control group had to present two transcripts\, experimental group one transcript). Providing feedback to the avatar training increased the proportion of recommended questions both in avatar interviews as well as interviewing with real child victims and witnesses of sexual and physical abuse. The transfer effect of knowledge to practice was demonstrated by the first time in a sample of police investigators.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-transfer-of-avatar-training-effects-to-investigative-field-interviews-of-children-conducted-by-police-officers/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: Interpreters’ Experiences and Knowledge of Child Forensic Interviews
DESCRIPTION:Title: Interpreters’ Experiences and Knowledge of Child Forensic Interviews \nAbstract: \nChild forensic interviewers have expressed concerns regarding the quality of interpreter-mediated child forensic interviews\, including limited access to qualified interpreters and a high risk of suggestive influence stemming from misinterpretations. However\, research on interpreter-mediated child forensic interviews is limited\, and the perspective of interpreters has been overlooked. To improve the quality of interpreter-mediated child forensic interviews\, it is crucial to investigate whether the problems might depend on interpreters’ working conditions\, limited knowledge of child forensic interviews\, deficient communication between the interpreter and the child interviewer\, or other factors. The current study aims to explore interpreters’ self-reported experiences of child forensic interviews\, common and preferred practical conditions of interpreting in these interviews\, and the knowledge authorized legal interpreters\, authorized interpreters and non-authorized interpreters\, respectively\, possess of child forensic interviews. A digital survey was sent in March to Swedish interpreters. During the spring\, the data will be analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. By giving interpreters an opportunity to share their experiences of how it is to interpret child forensic interviews\, the current study will contribute new insights regarding interpreter-mediated child forensic interviews. \n*Presenting and corresponding author: Linnea Koponen\, Department of Psychology\, University of Gothenburg\, E-mail: guskopoli@student.gu.se.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-interpreters-experiences-and-knowledge-of-child-forensic-interviews/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: It’s not “just like on TV”: A corpus analysis and examination of Miranda warnings on TV.
DESCRIPTION:Title: It’s not “just like on TV”: A corpus analysis and examination of Miranda warnings on TV. \nAbstract: \nThe American Miranda warnings are considered an “icon of constitutional law” that have been made “famous” by  television (Covey\, 2007). Similarly\, the US Supreme Court has also expressed the recognizability and prevalence of the Miranda warnings in American society (Dickerson v. United States 530 US at 443 (2000)). Perhaps unsurprisingly then\, excerpts from American police interviews demonstrate references to television representations in communicating Miranda warnings to suspects. Questioning officers’ reliance on pop culture’s representation of Miranda warnings warrants an investigation into how the Mirandizing process is actually presented on TV. This talk presents a review of arrests and custodial interviews in a popular American legal drama\, Law & Order: SVU which indicate that suspects are rarely adequately Mirandized on TV. That is\, they are either not Mirandized at all or read a partial (reduced) version. When fictional suspects are (partially) Mirandized\, a minimum component can be identified. Using this minimum component\, I present the results of a corpus analysis of TV subtitles using BYU’s TV Corpus which provides support the observation that Miranda warning are rarely provided in full in popular culture. As such\, these findings demonstrate that the Mirandizing process is not “just like on TV”.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-its-not-just-like-on-tv-a-corpus-analysis-and-examination-of-miranda-warnings-on-tv/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: (Not) for the record: Doing implicatures in police reports of domestic violence
DESCRIPTION:Title: (Not) for the record: Doing implicatures in police reports of domestic violence \nAbstract: \nConversational implicature (Grice 1975) is a pragmatic strategy used in discourse to carry meaning(s) not encoded explicitly in language. There are many reasons why explicitness is not the most appropriate route\, for example\, social politeness (Brown and Levinson 1987). Discourse participants often make sense of utterances in everyday interactions by ‘picking up’ implicatures. This is largely achieved by recourse to relevance (Sperber and Wilson 1986; Clark 2013). However\, because meanings generated through implicatures cannot be traced back to linguistic forms they can be easily denied. They are a good vehicle therefore\, for carrying meanings that discourse participants are reluctant to put on-record but wish to communicate nonetheless. \nIn this paper\, I adopt a relevance-theoretic approach to police MG3 reports (‘Management Guidance’ reports prepared for prosecutors to obtain charging decisions). The reports summarise domestic violence cases. All of the cases in the reports resulted in non-prosecutorial discharge decisions (i.e. a ‘simple caution’). I examine a) the ways in which investigating officers and their police gatekeepers present case information through implicature; b)  how receivers (police and prosecutors) can use relevance to derive additional meanings from the reports; and c) the potential impact of inferential information on case outcomes. Finally\, I argue that some implicatures (and their cooperative recovery by institutional agents) can be regarded as constituting victim-blaming (Lynn and Canning 2021)\, and by extension\, reflect institutional misogynistic ideologies about domestic violence crimes. \nReferences: \nGrice\, H. P. (1975). ‘Logic and conversation’. In Speech acts (pp. 41-58). Brill. \nBrown\, P. and Levinson\, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage\, volume 4. Cambridge University Press. \nSperber\, D. and Wilson\, D. (1986). Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell Press. \nClark\, B. (2013). Relevance Theory. Cambridge University Press. \nCanning\, P.\, & Lynn\, N. (2021). ‘Additions\, Omissions\, and Transformations in Institutional ‘Retellings’ of Domestic Violence cases’. Language and Law\, 8(1): 118. \n 
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-not-for-the-record-doing-implicatures-in-police-reports-of-domestic-violence/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: For the Record: A collaboration to improve evidential consistency in the production of police  investigative interview records
DESCRIPTION:Title: For the Record: A collaboration to improve evidential consistency in the production of police  investigative interview records \nAbstract:  \nThis paper will present the findings of a pilot project being undertaken as a collaboration between  academic researchers and an English police force\, which applies linguistic research to the process of  producing written transcripts of investigative interviews with suspects (ROTIs). This process is of real  importance since these written records are the version of the interview which is routinely presented  in court as part of the prosecution evidence\, yet the original spoken data are (necessarily)  substantially altered through the process of being converted into written format. Our aim is to  develop methods of reducing this routine interference with interview evidence. \nThe project involves linguistic analysis of interview audio and corresponding transcripts\, focus  groups with transcribers and interviewers\, and psycholinguistic experiments to demonstrate the  differences in interpretation that can result from different formats and transcription choices. \nThe intended outcome is to produce transcription guidelines and training to assist transcribers in  producing ROTIs which encapsulate more of the meaning conveyed by the original spoken  interaction\, and to enable consistency of interpretation of features such as punctuation and pauses  for the reader (e.g. fellow investigating officers\, CPS\, courts). We are also seeking to recruit other forces to roll out the project more widely. \n  \nAuthors: Dr Kate Haworth\, Dr Emma Richardson\, Dr James Tompkinson\, Dr Felicity Deamer\, Dr Magnus Hamann
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-for-the-record-a-collaboration-to-improve-evidential-consistency-in-the-production-of-police-investigative-interview-records/
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SUMMARY:Oral Presentation: For the Record: Assessing force-level variation in the transcription of police-suspect interviews in England and Wales
DESCRIPTION:Title: For the Record: Assessing force-level variation in the transcription of police-suspect interviews in England and Wales \nAbstract: \nRecordings of police-suspect interviews in England and Wales are rarely played in court\, despite being a key evidence source. More often\, interviews are presented in the form of a ROTI (Record of Taped Interview) transcript. However\, research (Haworth\, 2018; Richardson et al\, 2022) has shown that significant alterations can occur as the interview is converted from audio into a transcript. Furthermore\, no knowledge exists as to how much variation exists between individual police forces regarding ROTI production.\nThis paper forms part of a wider project examining ROTI transcription practices. Freedom of Information requests were sent to all English and Welsh forces containing questions relating to current ROTI transcription practices and transcriber training. The questions facilitated an assessment of both the level of variation between forces\, and whether specific ROTI transcription problems can be linked to higher-level police processes. The findings illustrate that there are numerous differences between individual forces regarding both ROTI production and training procedures. The findings also suggest that differences in force-level approaches to ROTI transcription could produce substantially different evidence for courtroom use. The findings are used to suggest improvements in ROTI production and training procedures that could subsequently improve the consistency of interview evidence in court. \nReferences \nHaworth\, K. (2018). Tapes\, transcripts and trials: The routine contamination of police interview evidence. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof\, 22(4)\, 428-450. \nRichardson\, E.\, Haworth\, K.\, & Deamer\, F. (2022). For the Record: Questioning transcription processes in legal contexts. Applied Linguistics.
URL:https://iiirg.org/event/oral-presentation-for-the-record-assessing-force-level-variation-in-the-transcription-of-police-suspect-interviews-in-england-and-wales/
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