PEACE framework

• planning and preparation - interview as it should create a new record, a written interview plan with characteristics of the interviewee
• engage and explain - establish and maintain rapport which helps to develop lines of argument during the interview
• Account clarification, change - start with an open ended prompt use active, listening and allow the witness to pause so they can search their memory without interruption. Ask for clarification and further details as well as challenging statements to identify inconsistencies.
• closure - this should be planned instructions of interview does not end of properly.
• evaluation - the interviewer needs to evaluate what has been said with a view to determine how the witness accounts fits with the rest of the investigation
• usefulness


  Regarded as the best practice for interviewing people in relation to crimes

  It’s an ethical where to collect information and can provide information that can lead to a prosecutor or early release of an innocent person, saving time, money and resources
• effectiveness


  Assumes that, I suspect all witness who is lying will eventually buildup on a series of fools explanations that will lead the story breaking down due to inconsistencies
• practicalities


  Police investigators agree that special training is necessary for the framework to be effective