Nicol, Annabelle; Szojka, Zsofia A.; Watkins, Christopher D.; Gabbert, Fiona and La Rooy, David. 2023. A systematic examination of actor and trainee interviewer behaviour during Joint Investigative Interviewing Training. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 38(3), pp. 593-606. ISSN 0882-0783 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

This study is the first systematic examination of trainee interviewer and actor behaviour during Joint Investigative Interviewing Training (JIIT) simulations across two training sites in Scotland. As expected, interviewers were poor at adhering to best practice interview guidelines in the pre-substantive and closure phases of the interviews. Although invitations were used within the range of best practice, they were not used more often and did not elicit more allegation-related details than directive questions. Critically, actors’ responses to invitations were less informative than their responses to all other question types. Furthermore, large differences were observed between the two training sites in the number of questions asked and amount of information elicited by interviewers. Our results show that 1) trainee interviewers are not utilising simulations to practice all required interviewing skills, 2) adult actors are not reinforcing interviewers’ use of invitations as intended, and 3) trainee interviewers are not being afforded the same opportunities to practice their skills due to variation in resources across Scotland. We recommend improvements to the JIIT programme to address these concerns.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-023-09577-3
Additional Information:	Funding: Open access funding provided by SCELC, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium.
Data Access Statement:	Data Availability: The datasets analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to confidentiality but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Keywords:	investigative interviewing, interviewer training, joint investigative interviewing training, role-play training simulations, child interviews
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology Psychology > Forensic Psychology Unit
Dates:	Date Event 16 February 2023 Accepted 13 March 2023 Published Online September 2023 Published
Item ID:	33165
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2023 14:19
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2023 03:53
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33165

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