Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 97132 total results. Showing results 441 to 460 «192021222324252627Next ›Last » Providing feedback in simulated investigative interviews with adult witness avatars increases the use of free recall and open questions Previous research has indicated that investigative interviews with adult victims and witnesses are often of low quality. Earlier findings also indicate that interviewing skills exhibit improvement when the interviewers are given feedback on their performance. Technological innovations make it possible to implement such an approach in a scalable manner. Simulated interviews with child avatars have shown that repeated feedback improves the proportion of recommended questions in those interviews. We created adult witness avatars (AWA) to simulate investigative interviews with adult victims and witnesses. We examined whether avatar interviews coupled with feedback (vs no feedback) would result in improvements in interview quality. Of the 60 participants, half received process feedback after each of four simulated interviews. The avatars revealed predefined memories and made errors as a function of algorithms formulated based on previous empirical research on the response behavior of adult witnesses in experimental studies. Results showed that receiving feedback after the simulated interviews increased the proportion of recommended questions (free recall and open questions) in avatar interviews compared with not receiving feedback (90.3% vs 72.6%, respectively). There was also a significant correlation between the question types and accuracy of details, even when analyzed separately for feedback and control groups. We demonstrated that with feedback after each AWA interview, the proportion of recommended questions was significantly higher in the AWA group than in the control group. The implications for practice are discussed. 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Breaking News (Republic of Ireland) 24/1/2025 News Improving police relationships with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities Recent events in Manchester highlighted the strained relationship between police and members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; Lee Curran, Lecturer in Policing at Liverpool John Moores University, Dr Dan Allen, Principal Social Work Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, and Dr Julie Feather, Senior Research Fellow at Edge Hill University explore the reciprocated tension, fear and mistrust between community members and law enforcement, and outline the suggestions for a four-step framework to improve that relationship. Policing Insight - Registration at source 24/1/2025 Analysis, Feature, Opinion «192021222324252627Next ›Last » Upcoming events View all events
