The Interview Process
Traditional Interviews
Cognitive Interviews
Behavioral Interviews
Potpourri
100
The practice of fact finding which produces information about an incident.
What is an Interview
100
The person who reports a crime or accuses another of an offense is known as this in the CJ system.
What is a Complainant.
100
These methods are used by individuals for remembering information that is otherwise difficult to recall by creating triggers.
What is Mnemonics
100
Sweating, dry eyes, dry mouth, facial redness are all _________________ changes that can occur in the body uncontrollably.
What is Physiological
100
The study of body language, facial expressions, and eye movements is known as this
What is Kinesics
200
An exercise in persuasion with the goal of eliciting a truthful confession
What is an Interrogation
200
It is up to law enforcement to determine if a criminal act has been committed when assessing a situation. This is known as establishing ____________
What is Actus Reus
200
Cognitive interviews allow witnesses and victims to utilize these to recall information about an incident. (smell, taste, feel, sight, hearing)
What is the Five Senses
200
Crossed arms, slouched posture, thumb fiddling, and fidgeting are examples of negative _________
What is Body Language
200
Standing within 1.5 feet of a person could be considered an invasion of this zone of proxemics.
What is the Intimate Zone
300
A statement made by a defendant disclosing his/her guilt of a crime with which they have been charged.
What is a Confession
300
The 5W's and 1 H
What is WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY & HOW
300
Investigators will ask interviewees to recall information about an incident in a different order than which they occured. This is known as
What is Chunking
300
Did you hear the gunshots before you ran? A left-handed witness who is recalling the gunshots they heard may have slight eye movements in this direction when answering the question.
What is STRAIGHT and RIGHT
300
It is not what you say but how you say it. This concept is known as ___________
What is Paralanguage.
400
Separating witnesses at a crime scene is a fundamental process of law enforcement to avoid witness _____________.
What is Contamination
400
The unnecessary use of connectors such as: um, uh, and, or to fill time and gaps is known as this
What is Verbal Hedging
400
Investigators will ask interviewees to recall information about an incident from the point of another person/object. This is known as changing the _________
What is the Perspective
400
Did you see the suspect leaving the gas station? A right-handed witness who is fabricating an image in their mind might have slight eye movements in this direction when answering this question.
What is UP and RIGHT
400
An individual who falsely claims involvement as a witness or suspect of a crime is known as this. Usually, Law Enforcement will try and weed them out during the initial assessment of a situation.
What is a Side Tracker
500
Lack of sleep, illness, weakness, hunger, pain, fear, anger or stress are known as this when discussing potential issues that may arise in witnesses/victims
What are Distorters
500
The type of interview that studies statement coherency, response rates, type-token ratios and verbal hedges is known as
What is Inferential Interviewing
500
Investigators will ask interviewees to r___________ e_________ d___________ regardless of its importance at the time. This can assist investigators later by uncovering facts about the case.
What is Report Every Detail
500
These are the 7 documented uncontrollable facial expressions that all competent human beings express.
What is Sadness, Fear, Surprise, Anger, Contempt, Happiness, and Disgust
500
An individual's constitutional right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you is granted by this Amendment
What is the 6th Amendment
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