Forensic Interviews

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The first interrogation we watched in class was that of a 20-year-old named Joshua Tuttle. Mr. Tuttle was being charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He was messaging and supposed to be meeting up with a girl named Jesse who he thought was 13 or 14. Joshua was the focus of a sting operation and has been featured on the television program “To Catch a Predator”. When we picked up on the interrogation, Joshua was sitting across the table from the interrogator. Joshua’s chair was pushed up against the wall and in the corner of the room. This is good because it is supposed to make him uncomfortable. The table that sat between Joshua and the interrogator was cluttered with papers. This is not good because this gives the suspect something to look at besides the interrogator, which in turn can change the suspect’s body language and or answers.

When assessing an infant or child for suspected child abuse Frist, the nurse needs to listen and observe, look the child's appearance, watch the behavior and interaction of the adults who accompanied the patient. Listen to the information provided while taking a history and looking for any signs or symptoms.

Gather information by interviewing the reported adult and the alleged perpetrators, as well as Interview all people involved in the investigation.

A confession is one of the strongest forms of evidence that can be brought into a court of law. In the United States criminal justice system, prosecutors quickly and swiftly seek confessions as they are the most persuasive evidence to win cases. Interrogations are conducted by law enforcement officials in an effort to seek confessions and develop details about crimes.Communication is key to the art of interrogation. Detectives sometimes end up with false confessions from innocent suspects by using their expertise in psychological manipulation. One major technique of interrogation is known as the Reid Technique. The Reid method is a system of interviewing and interrogation that is widely used by police departments in the United States. The Reid Technique involves three components which include factual analysis, interviewing, and interrogation. Whether this verbal technique is effective or ineffective is a subjective and controversial matter. However, many people who oppose the Reid Technique would agree that this method can cause an innocent person to confess to wrong counts made against them. Is the Reid Technique the best solution? With concrete evidence, one can explore and come to an overall result of whether or not this questioning method has a major impact on the outcome of the confession, as well as searching for weaknesses in human nature and if these have any effect on the results of the interrogation and courtroom process.

It is important to remember that if the professionals involved decide to investigate the matter when a suspected case of child abuse has been reported by the practitioner; then the practitioner’s records will be vital evidence and, as such, must be accurate. It may be many months after the event has taken place when the practitioner is

During a forensic interview, a person has to respond and answer questions, convey stories and information in a sequential order, use literacy skills to read and sign a statement. Additionally, stress can exacerbate commination deficits.

Many shows depict the CSI team as an all rounder, capable of processing the scene, interviewing suspects, handcuffing the criminals and hauling them to jail. However, the reality is totally different from that shown on TV. The forensic experts have no authority to carry a gun, interact with the families of the victim, interview suspects or arrest people. They are considered civilians and their responsibilities are restricted to collecting the evidences at the crime scene.

Many of today’s interrogation models being utilized in police investigations have an impact on false confessions. The model that has been in the public eye recently is the social psychological process model of interrogation known as the “The Reid Technique.” There are two alternatives used by the police today to replace the Reid Technique, one is the PEACE Model and the other is Cognitive Interviewing. These methods are not interrogation techniques like Reid but interview processes.

The complainant was forensically interviewed at Washington, D.C. Child Advocacy Center. During the forensic interview the complainant disclosed that while she was in the respondent’s room, she made her touch the respondent’s breast. The complainant stated that the respondent took off her pants, underwear and touched her vagina. The complainant stated that she told respondent to stop, the respondent refused and kept on touching her vagina. The complainant demonstrated to the forensic interviewer, how the respondent touched her private part, and stated “she was playing with it”.

Researchers used previous data regarding the creation of false memories and confessions to hypothesize that with exceptionally suggestive investigative tactics, interviewers would be able to induce false memories of committing a crime within individuals. Researchers furthered this hypothesis to include comparisons between the two groups included in their experiment, crime committing (resulting in police contact) vs. traumatizing event. However, researchers did not disclose what specific differences they

During the video lecture Denise McMillian discussed effective strategies a social worker may utilize during a forensic interview. First, the examiner must never lose sight of the goal in forensic interview. Second, it is in the client and the examiner best interest to conduct the interview with biases. Third, the examiner should mindful of the situation since the defense attorney may possibly suggest the child was bribed for his/her testimony. The goal during the forensic interview is to obtain information that is consistent and truthful as possible.

When it comes to interviews many jurisdictions have established multidisciplinary child advocacy centers, which are intended to decrease the number of interviews, provide an environment that is child-friendly, and obtain valid information from children by using appropriate interviewing techniques that address the cognitive and psychosocial limitations of young witnesses. Evaluations have shown that this approach works well given the increased amount of accurate and complete children reports. Interrogations, on the other hand are based off of the interrogation training offered by John E. Reid & Associates, Inc, the provocative process of interrogation is preceded by a neutral information-gathering investigation to determine whether the suspect is innocent or guilty and these tactics taught are all legal for use with adults and youths. Researchers have noted that there is no special instructions given for interrogating youths but rather, the method advocated is to follow that for interrogating adults. Similarly the Reid training manual states that when interrogating a juvenile, “the same general rules prevail as for adults”, and law enforcement officers report that they use the same Reid techniques as often with children and adolescents as they do with

Throughout time children have been sole witnesses of crimes either committed to them or in their presence. Leaving forensic interviewers with the burden of withdrawing reliable information in the hopes that these children can remember. Forensic interviewers are not completely aware of children’s capacities and limitations when it comes to communication, and therefore are faced to try to withhold as much information through techniques that will elicit testimony.

The main focus of this presentation is not to bring light to the actual procedure of the interview, although that will be discussed but to focus specifically on the quality of the in-depth victim interview. According to Dr. Rebecca Power's research,