LibGuides: CJA460: Module 2

Module 2 Required Resources

Readings

Investigative Interviewing: Adopting a Forensic Mindset
Grimes III, J.E. (2021). Investigative Interviewing: Adopting a Forensic Mindset (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170150
Ch. 1: Due Process and Case Law
Ch. 3: Confessions
Ch. 4: False Confessions
The following are discussed: Miranda violations, custodial questioning, exceptions to Miranda; Confessions and case law; False confessions and hazards and solutions; the characteristics of an investigative interviewer
Evidence-Based Investigative Interviewing: Applying Cognitive Principles
Dickinson, J. J. (2019). Evidence-based investigative interviewing: applying cognitive principles / edited by Jason J. Dickinson [and four others]. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Textbook discusses the use of cognitive interviewing to recall events.
Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques
Gordon, N. J., & Fleisher, W. L. (2010). Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques. Elsevier Science & Technology.
Textbook discusses the foundational concepts of interviews and interrogations, including investigative duties in preparing for both lines of questioning, vulnerable populations: children and mentally ill, and legal liability for officers.
Chapter 3: Psychological Basis of the Forensic Assessment
Chapter 4: Preparation for the Interview and Interrogation
Chapter 7: Question Formulation
Chapter 17: Legal Considerations
How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send People to Prison
Innocence Staff. (2020, April 15). How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send People to Prison. Innocence Project.
Discusses why eyewitness identification endangers innocent people, leading cause of wrongful convictions
Misinformation can Influence Memory for Recently Experienced, Highly Stressful Events
events. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 36(1), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.11.002
Exposure to misinformation can affect memory after highly stressful event
Criminal Investigation: The Professional Policing Curriculum Practice
Stanton, I. and Ewin, R. (2022). Criminal Investigation: The Professional Policing Curriculum Practice. Critical Publishing.
Chapter 5: Investigative Interviewing
Investigative interviewing method, evidence gathering

Videos

Dysart, J. (2018, Nov. 19) Human factors of wrongful conviction: Eyewitness Identification. YouTube. Eyewitness identification and witness errors

How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send Innocent People to Prison
Dysart, J. (2020). How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send Innocent People to Prison.
Explains how memory affects identification and how to prevent eyewitness misidentifications.

Hill, B. (2014, Mar. 6). Forensics - Making a Case. Interviewing Suspects. Cognitive Interview. EG Cognitive Interview. Baverstock Psychology [Video]. YouTube. Cognitive interview methods are demonstrated

Memon, A. (2024, Oct 28). Unlocking Witness Memories: The Cognitive Interview. The Psychology Debrief [Video]. YouTube. Seminal Author: Professor Amina Memon discusses the theoretical principles behind the Cognitive Interview

Optional Resources

Interviewing and interrogation practices and beliefs, 20 years later: A national self-report survey of American police
Brimbal, L., Roche, S. P., & Martaindale, M. H. (2024). Interviewing and interrogation practices and beliefs, 20 years later: A national self-report survey of American police. Law and Human Behavior, 48(4), 247–261. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000570
Current study found US law enforcement officers have made progress in applying the knowledge and practices informed by research over the past two decades on interviewing and interrogation. The study explores officers’ current interrogation practices and beliefs about false confessions.
Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques
Gordon, N. J., & Fleisher, W. L. (2010). Effective interviewing and interrogation techniques. Elsevier Science & Technology.
Textbook discusses the foundational concepts of interviews and interrogations, including investigative duties in preparing for both lines of questioning, vulnerable populations: children and mentally ill and legal liability for officers.
Chapter 12: Interviewing Children and Mentally Ill
JUSTIA U.S. Supreme Court. California v. Beheler, 463 U.S. 1121 (1983)
JUSTIA U.S. Supreme Court. California v. Beheler, 463 U.S. 1121 (1983)
Suspect right to be informed of the voluntary nature of a police interview.
Landmark case: Miranda Warnings; Facts and case summary
Why Interrogation Contamination Occurs. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 11(1), 193–216
Leo, R. A. (2013). Why Interrogation Contamination Occurs. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 11(1), 193–216.
Seminal author: Problem of police interrogation contamination; disclosing or leaking of non-public facts and false confessions leading to wrongful convictions
Accusatorial and information-gathering interrogation methods and their effects on true and false confessions: a meta-analytic review
Meissner, C. A., Redlich, A. D., Michael, S. W., Evans, J. R., Camilletti, C. R., Bhatt, S., & Brandon, S. (2014). Accusatorial and information-gathering interrogation methods and their effects on true and false confessions: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 10(4), 459–486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-014-9207-6
Seminal author: Assessing the influence of accusatorial and information-gathering methods of interrogation in eliciting true and false confessions
Modeling the Influence of Investigator Bias on the Elicitation of True and False Confessions
Narchet, F. M., Meissner, C. A., & Russano, M. B. (2011). Modeling the Influence of Investigator Bias on the Elicitation of True and False Confessions. Law and Human Behavior, 35(6), 452–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-010-9257-x
Seminal authors: Investigative biases and what occurs in the interrogation room; perceptions of guilt and interrogation tactics
Put down the Phone! The Standard for Witness Interviews Is in-Person, Face-to-Face, One-on-On
O’Brien, S. D., O’Brien, Q. C., & Cook, D. (2022). Put down the Phone! The Standard for Witness Interviews Is in-Person, Face-to-Face, One-on-One. Hofstra Law Review, 50(2), 339–360.
Professional standards for investigative interviewing, supporting in-person interviews
Importance of face-to-face interviews
United States Courts. Facts and Case Summary – Miranda v. Arizona
United States Courts. Facts and Case Summary – Miranda v. Arizona. Landmark case: Miranda Warnings; Facts and case summary
Your Words Only Tell a Fraction of the Story-Here’s Why Tone and Body Language Actually Matter More
Wilson, L. (2025, Feb 27). Your Words Only Tell a Fraction of the Story-Here’s Why Tone and Body Language Actually Matter More. Entrepreneur.
Communication: Message is mainly conveyed through tone and body language.