Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Cognitive Interview
- Context reinstatement
- Trying to mentally recreate an image of the
situation, including details of the environment,
such as the weather conditions, and the individual’s
emotional state including their feelings at the time
of the incident.
- Recall from a changed perspective
- Trying to mentally recreate the situation from different
points of view e.g. describing what another witness
present at the scene would have seen
- Recall in reverse order
- The witness is asked to describe the
scene in a different chronological order
e.g. from the end to the beginning.
- Disrupts schemas
- Report everything
- The interviewer encourages the witness to
report all details about the event, even
though these details may seem
unimportant.
- The Enhanced Cognitive Interview
- Encourage the witness
to relax and speak
slowly.
- Adapt questions to suit the
understanding of individual
witnesses.
- Offer comments to help
clarify witness statements.