The cognitive interview
Prof Amina Memon gives a talk about interviewing witnesses, including an overview and examples of the cognitive interview and some of her own research using this method.
Timestamps:
1:20 Introduction and overview
5:35 From police practice to science
8:25 The original Cognitive Interview & theoretical basis
10:15 State of science
13:20 The Cognitive Interview & forced fabrication
14:30 The Cognitive Interview as practised today
16:50 Key phases & techniques
20:30 Rapport & transfer of control
28:00 Case study
33:30 From science to professional practice
34:40 Is the self-administered interview effective for older adults?
48:40 Interviewing suspects in terror investigations
50:20 Interviewing traumatised witnesses
51:10 Witness interview strategy for critical incidents
52:00 Interviewing to improve credibility assessment
53:00 Interviewing asylum seekers
57:20 Is the science still ahead of the practice?
