the four components

• What is change of perspective?

  Report what the witness saw from another witnesses' point of view.
• What is change of narrative order?

  Used to reduce witnesses' use of prior knowledge expectations as well as the triggering of schema that could encourage the use of stereotyping.
• What is report everything?

  Involves the interviewer asking the witness to record everything of the incident in question, regardless of how minor it may seem, in order to create a more accurate picture of the incident.
• What is mental reinstatement of context?

  The interviewer tries to mentally reinstate the environmental and personal context of the crime for the witnesses, perhaps by asking them about their general activities and feelings on the day