The mindful interview method : retrieving cognitive evidence / Gil Zamora.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zamora, Gil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interviewing in law enforcement.

Criminology--Methodology.

Criminology.

Memory.

Forensic psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The Mindful Eyewitness Interview: Retrieving Cognitive Evidence assists investigators in gathering authentic, reliable information from eyewitnesses to identify the culprit, and improving the gathering of reliable information from private sector interviewers. It's a resource that offers the reader evidence-based techniques to enhance gathering reliable evidence and reveals the assessment component that measures the reliability of cognitive evidence. It is notable that currently there is minimal to no instruction or training offered to those individuals most-often tasked with interviewing an eyewitness about a criminal investigation. This fact is reflected in recent revelations of cases involving misidentifications and wrongful convictions of innocent people. The assumption that officials, trained in the rules of evidence, are asking the questions without proper understanding of the fragility of human memory. The reality is that eyewitness interview training is cursory at best, and most often nonexistent. Despite the lack of training and certification, we allow interviewers to practice in the face of well-established research on the malleability of human memory. Considering this current justice reform on best practices, The Mindful Eyewitness Interview provides a path forward, detailing how the interviewer can conduct information-gathering strategies of questioning anyone in a mindful manner. The book uses cognitive research to inform the methods and principles for a mindful approach-without being wholly or overly prescriptive. This is the best way to elicit reliable accounts and information, and use evidence-based lines of questioning, to perform interviews that elicit the most reliable information for investigative purposes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

Section I: Perspectives

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 A Different Path

The Art of Policing

Enhancing the Investigative Process

Eyewitness Interviews Take Center Stage

Real Beauty

Students and Eyewitness Interviews

Understanding Cognitive Evidence

For Your Consideration

Section II: Establishing Principles

Chapter 3 Cognitive Evidence

Guidance on Eyewitness Interviews

Cognitive Evidence

Considering Confidence of Recollection

The Discretion to Search for More

Understanding How Eyewitness Memory Works

Reliable Not Accurate

Estimator Variables and Cognitive Evidence

System Variables in Eyewitness Interviews

How Precise Can Eyewitnesses Be?

Did He Have a Beard?

Tell Me Exactly Where This Feature Goes on the Face

Experiments and Practitioners

Accountability for Cognitive Evidence

Chapter 4 The Detective Mind

Eyewitness: Systems 1 and 2

Where's the Drug Money?

Focus on the Bounce

Serial Robbery Case

Be Mindful of the Detective Mind

Chapter 5 Heuristics of Interviewing Eyewitnesses

Similarities in Interviews and Interrogations

The Heuristics for Investigations

Heuristics in Forensic Art

Qualitative Research and Eyewitness Interviews

Semi-Structured Interview

Breaking Habits

Chapter 6 Investigating Mindfulness

Mindfulness

The Spiritual Laws of Success

Mindful Opportunities

Driving Mindfully

Practicing Being Present

We've Heard It Before

That Is All There Is

Are You Really Present?

Attention to Detail

Being Mindful before the Interview

Awareness

Try It before You Knock It

For Your Consideration.

Section III: How We Interview Eyewitnesses

Chapter 7 Mindful of the Innocent

Mindful of DNA

Innocence Project

Reforms

Transparency and Adherence to the Guide

Excerpt from Case Study #1

Excerpt from Case Study #2

Chapter 8 Mindful of Interrogations

Interviewing Eyewitness and Not Interrogating Them

We Should Treat Eyewitness Memory Like Trace Evidence

Don't Be Suspicious of Your Eyewitness

Objective Perspective

The Unreliable Eyewitness

Stay with the Interview Process

Chapter 9 Empathetic Strategy

Establishing Rapport

Integrating Empathy and Compassion

Section IV: Mindful Interview Method

Chapter 10 Principles behind The Mindful Interview Method

Behind the Mindful Interview Method

The Mindful Interview Method Principles

The Mindful Interview Method Standards

Mindful Reset

Mindful Interview Method Probing Framework Standard

Intentional Listening Standard

Practicing Mirror Probe Questions (MP)

Mindful of Cognitive Evidence Standard

Mindful Interview Method Conclusion Standard

Chapter 11 How to Perform the Mindful Interview Method

Practicing the Mindful Interview Method

Topic 1

Topic 2

Mindful Interview Method Analysis

Section V: Meta-Eyewitness Interviews

Chapter 12 Eyewitness Interview Paradigm

A Framework for Interviewing Eyewitnesses

Special Note

Investigating the Eyewitness Interview Paradigm

The Cognitive Interview in Brief

Cognitive Interview Introduction and Mindful Interview Method Mindful Reset

Rapport Building

A Cognitive Interview Framework

Open-Ended Narration Phase and Narrative Recall versus Suspect Description and Element of the Crime.

Probing Images and Concept Codes Phase versus Accessing Topic 2

Review and Closing Phases

The Conversation Management Approach in Brief

Respect for the Eyewitness

Looking for Triggers or Being Mindful of That Is All There Is

Expecting Too Much from Investigators When They Aren't Trained?

The Approach Can Be Judgmental

Preparing for a Certain Type Of Interview

Embracing the Positives

Chapter 13 Eyewitness Interview Training

Eyewitness Interview Training

Forensic Art and Eyewitness Interview Training

Eyewitness Interview Training Is Optional

Why Aren't All Law Enforcement Personnel Receiving Eyewitness Interview Training?

Lack of Understanding

Supplemental Training for Certain Officers

Scrutinizing Eyewitness Interviews

Chapter 14 Measuring the Noise

We Didn't Hear the Noise at the Forensic Art Workshop

Shadow Sketching

Measuring Noise Excerpt [Question Types in Brackets]

Studies Focused on Eyewitness Performance

Measuring Noise and Cognitive Evidence

Performance Focused on the Interviewer, Not the Eyewitness

Anatomy of Establishing a Benchmark for a Mindful Interview

Method

Data Collection for Benchmark

Applying the Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview Assessment to the Interview Session

Obtaining Actual Eyewitness Interview Transcripts from Law Enforcement

Reviewing the Transcript and Coding Exchanges

Entering the Data into the Question Category Matrix

Confirming the Topic Sequence

Interpretation of Data and the Reliability of Cognitive Evidence

Summary Report for Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview Assessment

The Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview Assessment Summary Report and Mindful Interview Method Standards

Reliability Scale Changes

Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview Assessment Narrative Report.

Assessing the System Variables

Section VI: Analyzing Case Studies

Chapter 15 Case Study #1

Looking at Noise in an Eyewitness Interview

Case Study #1

Topic 3

Topic 5

Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview AssessmentSM

Narrative Report for Case Study #1

Chapter 16 Case Study #2

The Cooperative Eyewitness

Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview AssessmentSM Narrative Report for Case Study #2

Chapter 17 Case Study #3

Our First Mindful Interview

Case Study #3

Topic 4

Narrative Report for Case Study #3

Chapter 18 Case Study #4

An Interview of Complexity

Narrative Report for Case Study #4

Chapter 19 Case Study #5

A Mock Interview

Topic 4 (Narrative Summary)

Narrative Report for Case Study #5

Section VII: Expectations

Chapter 20 Expectations and Future Research

Appendix A: Category of Comments and Questions

Appendix B: Sample Mindful Interview Method Script

Appendix C: Forensic Art Indexing

Appendix D: List of All Case Studies

Appendix E: Case Study Transcripts and Efficacy of Eyewitness Interview Assessment Reports

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zamora, Gil The Mindful Interview Method

ISBN:

9781003263173

1003263178

9781000905465

1000905462

OCLC:

1371464283