Accuracy of EWT (cognitive interview)

• Cognitive interview 


  A questioning technique designed to improve the information that an eyewitness can retrieve about a crime.
• Reinstate the context 


  Returning to the original crime scene where cues may trigger the recall of memories.
• Report Everything


  Everything that the eyewitness can recall from the event should be described.
• Change the perspective 


  The eyewitness tries to recall the events from the perspective of others that were present during the crime.
• Reverse the order


  The events of the crime should be recalled in a different sequence than the order in which they saw the crime take place.
• The enhanced cognitive interview 


  Fisher also developed some additional elements of the cognitive interview - focus was more on the social dynamics of the situation.