The cognitive interview for suspects: A test with customs officers

The current study aimed at testing the impact of the cognitive interview for suspects (CIS) used by trained custom officers on the quantity of gathered details, compared to a control standard interview (SI) used by untrained officers. Forty‐five mock‐suspects were required to perform a series of act...

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Published in:Journal of investigative psychology and offender profiling 2022-10, Vol.19 (3), p.167-184
Main Authors: Noc, Mathilde, Ginet, Magali, Deslauriers‐Varin, Nadine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cognitive interview for suspects
Cognitive science
customs
Customs regulations
information gathering
Interviews
Law enforcement
lie detection
Police
Police training
Psychology
standard interview
training
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Summary:The current study aimed at testing the impact of the cognitive interview for suspects (CIS) used by trained custom officers on the quantity of gathered details, compared to a control standard interview (SI) used by untrained officers. Forty‐five mock‐suspects were required to perform a series of actions and each was interviewed by a pair of customs officers. Participants had to give statements containing truthful parts and deceptive parts. The CIS elicited significantly more details than the SI. Truthful parts of the statements contained more details than deceptive parts. An interaction effect revealed that the CIS elicited a higher number of action details in truthful parts. It is worthwhile for professionals in the field to adopt the CIS, which provides valuable benefits for information gathering. Moreover, the increase in action details raise the question of considering it as a possible lie detection tool.
ISSN:1544-4759
1544-4767
DOI:10.1002/jip.1587