Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts

Dr Gavin Oxburgh is a Forensic and Chartered Psychologist, a Chartered Scientist, and a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Newcastle University, UK. He is the Chair and founding director of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG www.iiirg.org). He previously served with the Royal Air Force Police, specialising in the investigation of sexual offences. He has recently developed training for investigators from the International Criminal Court, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the United Nations Development Programme.Dr Trond Myklebust is Assistant Chief of Police with the Norwegian Police University College (NPUC), a public university conducting research in areas such as psychology, police science and law. He has a background in police work, theoretical and practical experience in forensic psychology, and has specialised in investigation and forensic psychology in Norway and internationally. He is a member of the INTERPOL Specialist Group on Crimes against Children, and Deputy Director/co-founder of the iIIRG.Dr Tim Grant is a Professor of Forensic Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Forensic Linguistics in the School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, UK. He has qualifications in both linguistics and psychology and is particularly interested in the interaction between forensic linguistics and forensic psychology. His main research interests are in forensic authorship analysis and the conversations, which occur between attackers and victims in cases of serious sexual assault.Dr Becky Milne is Reader in Forensic Psychology in the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK. She leads the distance learning degrees for investigators and police officers and, in 2010, opened the Centre of Forensic Interviewing. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, and the British Journal of Forensic Practice. Becky works closely with police and criminal justice organisations, and is the author/editor of several books.

• Notes on Editors ixNotes on Contributors xiSeries Preface xxiii1 Communication in Investigative and Legal Settings: Introduction and Contexts 1Gavin Oxburgh, Trond Myklebust, Tim Grant and Rebecca MilneSECTION I: Communication, Language and Memory 152 Exploring Types and Functions of Questions in Police Interviews 17Tim Grant, Jennifer Taylor, Gavin Oxburgh and Trond Myklebust3 Recall, Verbatim Memory and Remembered Narratives 39James Ost, Alan Scoboria, Tim Grant and Gary PankhurstSECTION II: Communicating with Victims and Witnesses 554 Interviewing Child Witnesses 57David La Rooy, Georgina Heydon, Julia Korkman and Trond Myklebust5 Interviewing Adult Witnesses and Victims 79Coral J. Dando, R. Edward Geiselman, Nicci MacLeod and Andy Griffiths6 The Role of Initial Witness Accounts within the Investigative Process 107Fiona Gabbert, Lorraine Hope, Elisabeth Carter, Roel Boon and Ronald FisherSECTION III: Communicating with Suspects 1337 Interviewing Suspected Offenders 135Gavin Oxburgh, Ivar Fahsing, Kate Haworth and J. Pete Blair8 A (Nearly) 360° Perspective of the Interrogation Process: Communicating with High]Value Targets 159Fadia M. Narchet, Melissa B. Russano, Steven M. Kleinman and Christian A. MeissnerSECTION IV: Communicating in the Courtroom 1799 Courtroom Questioning and Discourse 181Emily Henderson, Christopher Heffer and Mark Kebbell10 Expert Witness Communication 209Lorna Fadden and Lawrence M. SolanSECTION v: Specific Communicative Tasks 22911 Hostage and Crisis Negotiation, Perspectives on an Interactive Process 231Ole Andre Braten, Michel St]Yves, Terry D. Royce and Marty Laforest12 Verbal Lie Detection 259Aldert Vrij, Paul Taylor and Isabel Picornell13 Vulnerable Individuals, Intermediaries and Justice 287Brendan M. O’Mahony, Ruth Marchant and Lorna Fadden14 The Interpreter]Mediated Police Interview 315Yvonne Fowler, Martin Vaughan and Jacqueline WheatcroftSECTION vi: Conclusions and Future 33515 Improving Communicative Practice: Beyond the Cognitive Interview for Adult Eyewitnesses 337Nina J. Westera and Martine Powell16 Communication in Forensic Contexts: Future Directions and Conclusions 359Trond Myklebust, Gavin Oxburgh, Tim Grant and Rebecca MilneIndex 367