NCJ Number
41248
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
POLICE TRAINING AID THAT EXPLAINS TECHNIQUES FOR CONDUCTING PRODUCTIVE INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES AND VICTIMS.
Abstract
SUGGESTIONS FROM EXPERIENCED INTERVIEWERS ACCOMPANY A DISCUSSION OF THE SUCCESSIVE PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN THE INTERVIEWING OPERATION. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO FOUR TYPES OF WITNESSES WHO ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE INTERVIEWERS THE MOST TROUBLE: TALKATIVE WITNESSES, IMAGINATIVE WITNESSES, KNOW-NOTHING WITNESSES, AND ALIBI WITNESSES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...KAP