Course

10504911 Interviewing
Course Information
Description
Examines the principles of effective interviewing as applied to investigative reporting, research, persuasion, counseling, employment, and the investigation of crime.  Addresses the theory and practice of interviewing and interrogation as applied to gaining information from complainants, witnesses, victims, informants, and suspects.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Adhere to criminal justice legal and ethical standards
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    Criteria
    Define ethics, morals, and values
    Describe what behaviors are subject to moral/ethical judgments
    Differentiate between ethical issues and ethical dilemmas
    Describe components of an ethical system
    Relate the concept of justice to ethics

  2. Describe the art of interview, interrogation and questioning tactics, types of questions and their uses
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Written Product, Role Play, and/or Exam
    Criteria
    Describe how information is processed in short-term and long-term memories and how this affects an interview
    Analyze the role of gender, race, and nationality on the outcomes of interviews and interrogations
    Explain the significance of privileged communications

  3. Structure a law enforcement interview of a victim
    Assessment Strategies
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    Criteria
    Describe the significance of assessing the truthfulness of victims
    Use a three-step interview as a technique for determining the truthfulness of a victim
    Adhere to the special considerations needed for the sexual assault victim, child victim, violent crime victim and the non-violent crime victim

  4. Structure a law enforcement interview of a witness
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Written Product, Role Play, and/or Exam
    Criteria
    Describe the importance of interviewing witnesses as quickly as possible to prevent the loss of information
    Formulate useful questions while conducting canvas interviews

  5. Analyze the legal factors involved when interrogating a suspect
    Assessment Strategies
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    Criteria
    Identify court decisions affecting the rights warning provided to suspects
    Critique the strategies of providing a rights warning to suspects
    Describe the rights warning as used in interrogations

  6. Structure a law enforcement interrogation
    Assessment Strategies
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    Criteria
    Explain the significance of the physical setting upon the interrogation
    Establish rapport with a mock suspect in preparation for a confession
    Explain the adverse effects coercion has upon suspects and what tactics are unacceptable

  7. Apply interrogation techniques to different offenders
    Assessment Strategies
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    Criteria
    Use at least one interrogation technique
    Avoid compromising and interrogation by inappropriate interrogator behaviors
    Describe various categories of offenders
    Identify which rationales should be used and why the offender identifies with a chosen rationale

  8. Identify physical and verbal indicators of truth and deception
    Assessment Strategies
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    Differentiate between natural behaviors and defensive behaviors
    Explain indicators of deception based upon physical indicators

  9. Prepare a written confession
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Quiz or Exam
    Criteria
    Explain the importance of accurate documentation of the unwritten confession
    Follow guidelines of the written confession as identified by the instructor
    Complete the process of reviewing and editing the written confession