The cognitive interview

• The cognitive interview - Fisher and Geiselman

  A series of memory retrieval techniques designed to improve recall
• 4 main techniques

  1. Report everything
  2. Restate context
  3. Reverse the order
  4. Change the perspective
• Scemas

  A cognitive framework/ concept that helps organize and interpret different information
• Types of schemas

  Person

  Social

  Self

  Event
• Enhanced cognitive interview

  Features added

  • Encourage social interactions (eye contact)
  • Reduce anxiety
  • Get witness to speak slow
• Evaluation- Strength Kanken et al

  Conducted a meta analysis of 55 studies comparing the CI to a standard police interview

  The CI gave 41% more accuracy
• Kanken et al Counterpoint

  CI may increase the amount of correct information but also the amount of incorrect - Quantity over quality
• Evaluation- Limitation

  Milne and bull

  Found that 'report everything' and 'reinstate context' were the best
• Evaluation- Limitation

  Ketbell and Wagstaff

  Not all police stations were following the CI accurately leading to lots of variation
• Evaluation- Limitation

  CI is time consuming