cognitive interview

Cards (6)

  • developed by fisher and gieselman
  • to improve the accuracy of witnesses accuracy recall
  • mental reinstatement
    when the witness is asked to describe thoughts, feelings and experiences at the time of the event, this helps witness find external and internal cues that can help trigger memory
  • report everything
    witness encouraged to report every single detail
  • change order
    interviewer tries to alternate ways through timeline of incident
  • change perspective
    witness asked to recall from multiple perspective