Criminology UK
The instructions are the same these points are to act as a guide In particular we will take a close look at investigative interviewing and its potential for putting an investigation off track. Our study introduces us to the detail of possible problems in the investigative process, through the lens of analysis of real-life criminal investigations.
However, if you think police officers may not always be so good at interviewing suspects, just wait to see some evidence regarding the police interviewing of witnesses! We will consider whether the senior detective, tied mostly as they are to written eyewitness accounts, is ever actually seeing the whole picture due to flaws in the way witness interviews might be conducted. This is an under-researched area which impacts significantly upon accurate evidence gathering and effective police enquiries. What position do we take here? Are investigations inherently flawed by cognitive biases, or could we not manage without them?
