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Interviewing Suspects, Michel St-Yves, Christian A. Meissner
Interviewing Suspects, Michel St-Yves, Christian A. Meissner
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Interrogation And Investigative Interviewing In The United States: Research And Practice, Christopher E. Kelly, Christian A. Meissner
Interrogation And Investigative Interviewing In The United States: Research And Practice, Christopher E. Kelly, Christian A. Meissner
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.
Minimization And Maximization Techniques: Assessing The Perceived Consequences Of Confessing And Confession Diagnosticity, Allyson J. Horgan, Melissa B. Russano, Christian A. Meissner, Jacqueline R. Evans
Minimization And Maximization Techniques: Assessing The Perceived Consequences Of Confessing And Confession Diagnosticity, Allyson J. Horgan, Melissa B. Russano, Christian A. Meissner, Jacqueline R. Evans
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
Identifying interrogation strategies that minimize the likelihood of obtaining false information, without compromising the ability to elicit true information, is a challenge faced by both law enforcement and scientists. Previous research suggests that minimization and maximization techniques may be perceived by a suspect as an expectation of leniency and a threat of harsher punishment, respectively, and that these approaches may be associated with false confessions. The current studies examine whether it is possible to distinguish between minimization and maximization techniques that do or do not influence a suspect’s perceptions of the consequences of confessing. Results indicate that techniques that manipulate …
Modeling The Influence Of Investigator Bias On The Elicitation Of True And False Confessions, Fadia M. Narchet, Christian A. Meissner, Melissa B. Russano
Modeling The Influence Of Investigator Bias On The Elicitation Of True And False Confessions, Fadia M. Narchet, Christian A. Meissner, Melissa B. Russano
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
The aim of this study was to model various social and cognitive processes believed to be associated with true and false confessions by exploring the link between investigative biases and what occurs in the interrogation room. Using the Russano et al. (Psychol Sci 16:481–486, 2005) paradigm, this study explored how perceptions of guilt influenced the frequency and type of interrogation tactics used, suspect’s perceptions of the interrogation process, the likelihood of confession, and investigator’s resulting perceptions of culpability. Results suggested that investigator bias led to the increased use of minimization tactics and thereby increased the likelihood of false confessions by …
The Cognitive Interview: A Meta-Analytic Review And Study Space Analysis Of The Past 25 Years, Amina Memon, Christian A. Meissner, Joanne Fraser
The Cognitive Interview: A Meta-Analytic Review And Study Space Analysis Of The Past 25 Years, Amina Memon, Christian A. Meissner, Joanne Fraser
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
The Cognitive Interview (CI) is a well-established protocol for interviewing witnesses. The current article presents a study space analysis of laboratory studies of the CI together with an empirical meta-analysis summarizing the past 25 years of research. The study space comprises 57 published articles (65 experiments) on the CI, providing an assessment of the boundary conditions underlying the analysis and application of this interview protocol. The current meta-analysis includes 46 published articles, including 20 articles published since the last meta-analysis conducted a decade earlier (Ko¨hnken, Milne, Memon, & Bull, 1999). Reassuringly for practitioners, the findings of the original meta-analysis were …
Commentary: The Need For A Positive Psychological Approach And Collaborative Effort For Improving Practice In The Interrogation Room, Christian A. Meissner, Maria Hartwig, Melissa B. Russano
Commentary: The Need For A Positive Psychological Approach And Collaborative Effort For Improving Practice In The Interrogation Room, Christian A. Meissner, Maria Hartwig, Melissa B. Russano
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
The White Paper suggests important reforms that will reduce the likelihood of false confessions resulting from police interrogation. The research underlying these suggested reforms has yielded significant advances in our understanding of factors associated with false confessions. As we move forward, we encourage the development of empirically based approaches that provide a viable alternative to current practice. In doing so, we suggest that researchers pursue a positive psychological approach that involves partnering with practitioners to systematically develop interrogative methods that are shown to be more diagnostic. By taking such an approach, we believe that the recommendations offered in the current …
Modeling The Role Of Social-Cognitive Processes In The Recognition Of Own- And Other-Race Faces, Kyle J. Susa, Christian A. Meissner, Hendrik De Heer
Modeling The Role Of Social-Cognitive Processes In The Recognition Of Own- And Other-Race Faces, Kyle J. Susa, Christian A. Meissner, Hendrik De Heer
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
Known as the cross-race effect (CRE), psychological research has consistently shown that people are less accurate at identifying faces of another, less familiar race. While the CRE has most often been demonstrated in recognition memory, its effects have also been found in temporally preceding social-cognitive stages – including racial categorization, perceptual discrimination, and higher-level cognitive processing. Using path models of own- and other-race face processing, the current study sought to estimate how temporally preceding processes might mediate the CRE established in recognition memory. Results demonstrated that racial categorization and higher-level cognitive processes primarily mediate the CRE in recognition memory, and …
Interrogation And Torture, Christian A. Meissner, Justin S. Albrechtsen
Interrogation And Torture, Christian A. Meissner, Justin S. Albrechtsen
Christian A. Meissner, Ph.D.
No abstract provided.