A comfortable witness is a good witness: rapport‐building and susceptibility to misinformation in an investigative mock‐crime interview

P. Vallano, Jonathan; Schreiber Compo, Nadja

doi:10.1002/acp.1789

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A comfortable witness is a good witness: rapport‐building and susceptibility to misinformation in an investigative mock‐crime interview

Published in Applied Cognitive Psychology • Feb 28, 2011

Authors:

Jonathan P. Vallano

Nadja Schreiber Compo

Abstract

Abstract Major investigative interviewing protocols such as the Cognitive Interview recommend that investigators build rapport with cooperative adult witnesses at the beginning of a police interview. Although research substantiates the benefits of rapport‐building on the accuracy of child witness re...

Subject

Misinformation

Witness

Psychology

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