Addressing the Gap Between Principles and Practices in Police Interviewing in Indonesia

Autor: Georgina Heydon, R. Dian Dia-an Muniroh
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 37:312-324
ISSN: 1936-6469
0882-0783
DOI: 10.1007/s11896-021-09474-7
Popis: Numerous miscarriages of justice have come to light in Indonesia that result from poor police interviewing practices. In response, Indonesian police are developing training in cognitive interviewing (CI), which serves as an international benchmark for witness interviewing practices. However, little is known about how Indonesian police investigators perceive different witness interviewing practices. Without this baseline data and the appropriate adaptation of CI to the Indonesian context, the new CI method might never be embraced by Indonesian police forces. The present study examines such data collected in a large-scale survey involving 222 Indonesian police investigators and supporting in-depth interviews with six police investigators. Findings indicate that Indonesian police hold positive attitudes towards some principles of CI, but nonetheless value their existing interviewing practices, which lack evidence-based techniques of questioning. We conclude that CI has potential, but the training needs to address practices that are inconsistent with good practice interviewing.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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