Improving EWT AO3

• What did Dando et al., (2009) find?


  ‘Basic interviewing skills cannot be confidently mastered and regularly applied’
• Why is Dando et al., (2009)’s research important to cognitive interviewing?


  States that it is not effective in theory; may be difficult to train a police department due to funding cuts or the time required
• What does Dando et al., (2009)’s research suggest?


  Evidence gathered through EWT is not useful and effects convictions of crime in law enforcement and court rooms
• What is another limitation of cognitive interviewing?


  Cannot be utilised in all scenarios of police interviewing
• Why is it difficult to apply CI to children?

  Difficulty in interpreting what is required off of them and face barriers in language and questions being asked
• Why is it significant that CI cannot be applied in all scenarios?

  Ineffectiveness in the accuracy of EWT, having implications in conviction
• How can these limitations be improved?

  Gathering trust of the interviewee is vital, especially in children, and creates more accurate recall