12 Eyewitness Interview Paradigm

DOI: 10.4324/9781003263173-17

There is nothing worth thinking but it has been thought before; we must only try to think it again.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Instead of just presenting you the Mindful Interview Method (MIM) as the interview technique you should practice for all of your eyewitness interviews, I decided to introduce you to examine the theoretical framework around gathering cognitive evidence. The two structured interview techniques I feature in this book, for comparison, are the Cognitive Interview Technique (CI), and the Conversation Management Approach (CMA, or The Approach). These two interview techniques have been employed in law enforcement agencies around the world and continue to be the ...

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