Prof Amina Memon - The art of interviewing witnesses: What we've learned from science and practice

Professor Amina Memon's virtual keynote speech for the ARMADILLO conference held in San Antonio, Texas, November 2020.
Professor Memon discusses how the cognitive interview has grown over the course of her career and her contributions to this area of psychology.
Please be aware that this video contains information regarding and reference to violent crimes and therefore may not be suitable for all viewers.
For more information:
Centre of the Study of Emotion and Law
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Professor Memon's work -
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Royal Holloway, University of London -
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Department of Psychology -
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Content
0:00 Introduction and overview
5:35 From police practice to science
8:25 The original Cognitive Interview & theoretical basis
10:15 State of science
13:20 The Cognitive Interview & forced fabrication
14:30 The Cognitive Interview as practised today
16:50 Key phases & techniques
20:30 Rapport & transfer of control
28:00 Case study
33:30 From science to professional practice
34:40 Is the self-administered interview effective for older adults?
48:40 Interviewing suspects in terror investigations
50:20 Interviewing traumatised witnesses
Witness interview strategy for critical incidents 51:10
Interviewing to improve credibility assessment 52:00
Interviewing asylum seekers 53:00
Is the science still ahead of the practice? 57:20