Public Opinion, Sentencing and Parole: International Trends
Pär Anders Granhag, Emma Spjut · 2013
Most professionals working within the field of law enforcement (and related areas) would agree that interviewing a witness or a victim is a very delicate task, especially so if the witness or victim is a child ( Ceci & Bruck, 1993 ; 1995 ; Poole & Lamb, 1998 ). Furthermore, although police officers seem to agree that witnesses usually provide central leads in criminal investigations, they also report that they often find witnesses&s; statements to be incomplete ( Kebbel & Milne, 1998 ). Hence, to develop interview techniques that facilitate the elicitation of both correct and complete statements is of paramount importance. In the last decade, much research has focused on one such technique: the Cognitive Interview (for a recent review see Köhnken, Milne, Memon, & Bull, 1998). The present study focuses on the use of the Cognitive Interview to enhance children&s;s recall.