The delayed impact of informed versus blind interviewing on eyewitness memory

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Legal and Criminological Psychology Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI:10.1111/lcrp.12253

Jillian Rivard, Victoria Carlson, Devon E. LaBat, Nadja Schreiber Compo

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Abstract

Background

Previous research has highlighted the potentially detrimental effects of pre-interview preparation on witness memory within an interview context (Rivard et al., 2016). The present study examined the effect of an interviewer's pre-interview knowledge on eyewitness memory beyond the initial interview.

Method

Student witnesses were interviewed one week after viewing a mock crime event by a student interviewer who was either correctly informed, incorrectly informed, or uninformed (blind) to case details and who was either told to avoid suggestions or was not given cautionary instructions.

Results

Analyses of the witnesses' recall quantity and quality one week after the interview revealed that witnesses of blind interviewers recalled more details than witnesses of incorrectly informed interviewers. Witnesses of blind interviewers were also more accurate than witnesses of incorrectly informed interviewers, but only when interviewers were warned not to ask suggestive questions.

Implications

Findings suggest that interviewer training and pre-interview knowledge may play an important role in witness recall.

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知情与盲访对目击者记忆的延迟影响

之前的研究强调了在采访背景下，采访前准备对证人记忆的潜在不利影响(Rivard等人，2016)。本研究考察了访谈者的访谈前知识对初次访谈之后目击者记忆的影响。

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期刊介绍： Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers in all areas of psychology and law: - victimology - policing and crime detection - crime prevention - management of offenders - mental health and the law - public attitudes to law - role of the expert witness - impact of law on behaviour - interviewing and eyewitness testimony - jury decision making - deception The journal publishes papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge defined broadly as the application of psychology to law and interdisciplinary enquiry in legal and psychological fields.