Welcome to the new webinar series - iIIRG in Conversation.
A series of iIIRG webinars featuring presentations and conversations with leading academics, practitioners and students across the field of Investigative Interviewing.
The second in our series of iIIRG webinars takes place on Tuesday, 7th May at 10:30 am (New York City) / 3:30 pm (London).
iIIRG in Conversation with Clinical Psychologist, Joshua Wyman, Detective, Martin Franssen, and Ph.D. Candidate, Cassandre Dion Larivière
Police interviews with older adults: Current practices and future directions
Tuesday, May 7th 2024
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Our Panelists
Joshua Wyman
Clinical Psychologist / Associate Professor
King’s College University
Martin Franssen
Detective
Durham Regional Police
Cassandre Dion Larivière
Forensic Psychology Ph.D. Candidate
Ontario Tech University
Abstract
The iIIRG in Conversation Webinar Series titled “Police Interviews with Older Adults: Current Practices and Future Directions” is an educational session for academics and practitioners interested in learning about police interviewing practices that are useful with older adult witnesses. Dr. Joshua Wyman, Assistant Professor at King’s University College at Western University, will first provide an overview of the existing literature pertaining to the best practices for interviewing older adult eyewitnesses, including specific interviewing accommodations and multidisciplinary collaboration opportunities. Dr. Wyman will also highlight key directions for future research, professional practice and public policy. Next, Ph.D. candidate Cassandre Dion Larivière will discuss ongoing research involving the analysis of recorded police interviews with older adult witnesses. This research explores current practices and challenges related to interviewing older adult witnesses. For our third talk, Detective Martin Franssen of the Durham Regional Police Service will provide professional practice insights into how to effectively interview older adult witnesses. Detective Franssen will discuss important interviewing practices that can be done to informally assess the cognitive awareness of the interviewee, as well as enhance interviewee engagement and memory recall. Furthermore, there will be a question/answer period to conclude the webinar series.
Speakers
Dr. Joshua Wyman
Dr. Joshua Wyman is an Assistant Professor at King’s University College at Western University. His research focuses on improving the best practice methods for interviewing older adults in criminal investigations. He has also published work in the areas of forensic interviewing practices with children with developmental disabilities, deception detection, moral and lie-telling development, and social skills training programs. Dr. Wyman is a licensed school and clinical psychologist in Ontario. In his role as a psychologist, he provides psychological assessment, treatment and consultation services to children, youth and parents in school and clinical settings.
Detective Martin Franssen
Prior to becoming, a police officer Martin was an officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, Military Engineering (MILE) branch, regular force.
Much of his career has been spent in investigation, with the primary focus on financial crimes. His portfolio often includes issues related to the abuse of older adults and the protection of vulnerable persons; complex corporate fraud investigations; estate litigation and mortgage fraud.
Martin, has been recognized nationally for his dedication to the training and education of police officers, community partners and community members. He has conducted hundreds of seminars to increase awareness and prevent victimization in Fraud, Power of Attorney, and Last Will and Testament. He is a post-graduate instructor at Durham College.
Amongst other areas of study Martin is a graduate of the Osgoode Hall Law School certificate in Elder Law and Wills and Estates, and Wills and Estates programs. He is the Chair of the Law Enforcement Agencies and Partners Protecting Seniors (LEAPPS) committee and the Rotary Club of Oshawa.
Martin the recipient of the DRPS Police Appreciation Dinner and Awards Night, Community Builder Award, the national Intercultural Dialogue Institute, Public Heroes Award, Durham Deaf Services, 2021 Champion Award and Alzheimer Society Durham Region other awards and acknowledge.
Martin is the chair of the Law Enforcement Agencies and Partners Protecting Seniors (LEAPPS) Committee. A multidisciplinary committee focused on issues related to older adults.
As one 1 July 2023, Detective FRANSSEN is the Team Leader of a new unit within Durham Regional Police Service known as the “OASIS” (Older Adult Support and Investigative Services) Unit. The units mandate is focused upon the support to older adults and the investigation of matters brought to police involving allegations of abuse involving older adults. The OASIS Unit this is the first police unit of its kind in Canada.
Cassandre Dion Larivière
Cassandre Dion Larivière is a Ph.D. candidate in Forensic Psychology at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Her dissertation research aims to aid the development of best practice recommendations for interviewing older adults, notably through the analysis of interview recordings from police services across Ontario. As a member of the Applied Law Enforcement Research and Training (ALERT) lab, Cassandre’s research interests also include virtual interviewing, rapport building and other means of facilitating disclosure of difficult-to-discuss topics.
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