Evaluation

• Evaluate time consuming

  • Police may be reluctant to use as it takes more time than standard interviews
  • establish rapports, let them relax, special training
• evaluate some elements more valuable than others

  • Milne and bull 2002
  • each technique used singly produced more information than standard interview
  • a combination of report everything and context reinstatement produced better recall than any other condition.
• evaluate ECI being effective

  • kohnken et al 1999
  • meta-analysis with combined data of 50 studies
  • ECI consistently provided more correct information than standard interviews.
  • there are practical benefits in police using ECI