Effectiveness Of Cognitive Interview Techniques AO3

• Cognitive Interview (CI)


  A technique that can increase accurate information when compared to a standard police interview
• Köhnken found a 41% increase in accurate information when compared with a standard police interview, suggesting the CI is effective
• Köhnken also found an increase in inaccurate information, particularly with the Enhanced Cognitive Interview (ECI)
• Not all CI techniques are appropriate for children, e.g. change perspective is not helpful until they are no longer egocentric
• The CI needs to be adapted when used with children
• Holliday found that using a modified CI with children was effective in eliciting accurate recall
• Milne and Bull found that report everything and context reinstatement were more useful than the other elements of the CI
• Police training could focus on the more useful elements of the CI in order to save time and money
• The success of the CI may be due to the age of the witness
• Wright and Holliday found that the older the participant, the less complete and accurate their recall, but when they used the CI, the older participants recalled lots more accurate detail and didn't give false information
• The CI can be used to ensure accurate testimony for all ages