Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Justice Studies
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
5205SCCI-JAN-MTP
5205SCCI-SEP-MTP
Aims
This module aims to allow apprentices to critically explore the intersection of psychology and investigation. The module will examine current practices, techniques and applications of investigative interviewing. During this module apprentices will be exposed to UK and comparative international techniques in interviewing, the value of ethical approaches to interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects, the interpretation of verbal and physical behaviour, eye witness identification, question types and their influence on young and vulnerable people, influencing factors associated with confessions and false confessions.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse the complex issues that criminal investigators face when interviewing suspects and how the application of practice builds legitimacy of investigative practice.
2.
Analyse the different methods and ethical concerns of conducting interviews of victims and witnesses.
3.
Examine the risks associated with interviewing young and vulnerable people and how suggestibility can lead to wrongful convictions
4.
Examine the evidence base associated with investigative interviewing and it applies to the real world environment
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
The evidence base associated with the PEACE interview process.
The national principles of investigative interviewing.
The PEACE interview process: • Planning and preparation • Engage and explain • Account clarification and challenge • Closure • Evaluation
Interview strategy and plan, including identification and initial accounts
Individuals who may need to be involved in interview process, including: • Interpreters • Legal advisors • Intermediaries • Appropriate adult • Interview Advisor
Key considerations for investigative interviewing: • Characteristics of victim, witness and suspect, including physical and environmental aspects e.g. location, room layout etc. • Fitness for interview: vulnerability, security and welfare of interviewee • Legal issues • Special arrangements e.g. interpreters
The importance of planning and having all necessary information prior to interview, including relevant interviewee information
Overall interview considerations, including: • Methods to ensure that information is being understood correctly • Challenging inaccuracies/inconsistencies,
Non-verbal signals seen in interviews; Recording an interview by audio/video or other means; Dealing with contingencies; Interview documentation to be completed; interviews other than at a police station,
The right of silence, the concept of confessions and false confessions
The role of the appropriate adult
Storage of interview records
The evidence base associated with the PEACE interview process.
The national principles of investigative interviewing.
The PEACE interview process: • Planning and preparation • Engage and explain • Account clarification and challenge • Closure • Evaluation
Interview strategy and plan, including identification and initial accounts
Individuals who may need to be involved in interview process, including: • Interpreters • Legal advisors • Intermediaries • Appropriate adult • Interview Advisor
Key considerations for investigative interviewing: • Characteristics of victim, witness and suspect, including physical and environmental aspects e.g. location, room layout etc. • Fitness for interview: vulnerability, security and welfare of interviewee • Legal issues • Special arrangements e.g. interpreters
The importance of planning and having all necessary information prior to interview, including relevant interviewee information
Overall interview considerations, including: • Methods to ensure that information is being understood correctly • Challenging inaccuracies/inconsistencies,
Non-verbal signals seen in interviews; Recording an interview by audio/video or other means; Dealing with contingencies; Interview documentation to be completed; interviews other than at a police station,
The right of silence, the concept of confessions and false confessions
The role of the appropriate adult
Storage of interview records
Module Overview:
This module aims to allow apprentices to critically explore the intersection of psychology and investigation. The module will examine current practices, techniques and applications of investigative interviewing. During this module apprentices will be exposed to UK and comparative international techniques in interviewing, the value of ethical approaches to interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects, the interpretation of verbal and physical behaviour, eye witness identification, question types and their influence on young and vulnerable people, influencing factors associated with confessions and false confessions.
This module aims to allow apprentices to critically explore the intersection of psychology and investigation. The module will examine current practices, techniques and applications of investigative interviewing. During this module apprentices will be exposed to UK and comparative international techniques in interviewing, the value of ethical approaches to interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects, the interpretation of verbal and physical behaviour, eye witness identification, question types and their influence on young and vulnerable people, influencing factors associated with confessions and false confessions.
Additional Information:
Cognisance is taken from the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours associated with the occupational standards as defined by the Institute for Apprentices and Technical Education
Cognisance is taken from the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours associated with the occupational standards as defined by the Institute for Apprentices and Technical Education