What is Investigative Interviewing? Part 3 of 7 of the ‘What is Investigative Psychology?’ series

<p><a href='http://www.PoliceScienceDr.com'>www.PoliceScienceDr.com</a></p> <p>Full transcripts of each episode complete with key learning points, timestamps and references are available on the site above on the 'Read' page. This page is pass-word protected and you can get access by joining the mailing list.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the olden days, investigative interviews, also known as suspect interviews or interrogations, were</p> <p>very coercive processes in which accusations were shouted at the detainee who was also sometimes</p> <p>subjected to violence and intimidation by the interrogator. Whilst this is still the case today in</p> <p>some countries and make sure you never get arrested there, interviewing practice in the UK is</p> <p>much more evidence-based now, which means it employs methods that have been shown to work</p> <p>better. By ‘work’ I mean not scaring innocent people into taking the blame for something they haven’t</p> <p>done and enabling police interviewers to identify when someone seems to be lying, at least in</p> <p>theory....</p>