Improving the enhanced cognitive interview with a new interview strategy: category clustering recall.
Abstract
Increasing recall is crucial for investigative interviews. The enhanced cognitive interview (ECI) has been widely used for this purpose and found to be generally effective. We focused on further increasing recall with a new interview strategy, category clustering recall (CCR). Participants watched a mock robbery video and were interviewed 48 hours later with either the (i) ECI; (ii) revised enhanced cognitive interview 1 (RECI1) — with CCR instead of the change order mnemonic during the second recall; or (iii) revised enhanced cognitive interview 2 (RECI2) — also with CCR but conjunctly used with ‘eye closure’ and additional open‐ended follow up questions. Participants interviewed with CCR (RECI1 and RECI2) produced more information without compromising accuracy; thus, CCR was effective. Eye closure and additional open‐ended follow up questions did not further influence recall when using CCR. Major implications for real‐life investigations are discussed.Citation
Paulo, R.M., Albuquerque, P.B., and Bull, R. (2016) 'Improving the enhanced cognitive interview with a new interview strategy: category clustering recall', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(5), pp.775-784.Publisher
WileyJournal
Applied Cognitive PsychologyDOI
10.1002/acp.3253Additional Links
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/acp.3253Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
0888-4080EISSN
1099-0720ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/acp.3253