Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
7222PS-APR-MTP
7222PS-JAN-MTP
7222PS-SEP-MTP
7222PS-SEP_NS-MTP
Aims
The overall aim and distinctive quality of the module is to critically explore the practice of investigative interviewing. Further, this module will examine current practices, techniques and applications of police interviewing. During this module students will be exposed to comparative international techniques in interviewing, interpretation of verbal and physical behaviour, causes of denial, deception and defensiveness and the cause of false confessions.
Aims:
1. To critically evaluate how mental health and other vulnerabilities impact on the acquisition of evidence from victims, witnesses and offenders during the interview process.
2. To analyse and evaluate human behaviours and their relationship to interviewer intuitive judgements.
3. To critically engage with, explain, analyse and evaluate the central issues surrounding the interaction between offenders and victims, with an emphasis on the motivations for false confessions.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate the literature and theory surrounding the concept of investigative interviewing
2.
Analyse and evaluate the complex issues that criminal investigators face when interviewing criminal suspects
3.
Analyse and evaluate the different methods of interview and ethical concerns of conducting interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects
4.
Critically evaluate how interview techniques can influence the outcome of investigative interviews
5.
Synthesise literature and theory into a structured argument surrounding the concept of investigative interviewing
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Interview suggestibility;
Classifying perpetrators attitudes, characteristics, risk factors, patterns, and behaviour;
False confessions and their motivations;
Interpretation of verbal and physical behaviour;
Indicators and motives of deception;
Psychological theoretical models of confession;
Critical analysis of investigator intuitive judgements; Ethical considerations of interviewing;
Interviewing witnesses Mental Health Issues Interviewing victims (child and adult) Issues with witness/victim memory cognition;
Case Study Critiques: What we have learned:
Counter Interrogation Strategies;
The use and effectiveness of Appropriate Adults
Additional Information:There are no professional body requirements at this stage, however developments associated with the College of Policing and other relevant government departments will be monitored and where appropriate, incorporated into module content.