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Understanding Rapport-Building In Investigative Interviews: Does Rapport's Effect On Witness Memory And Suggestibility Depend On The Interviewer?, Jenna M. Kieckhaefer
Understanding Rapport-Building In Investigative Interviews: Does Rapport's Effect On Witness Memory And Suggestibility Depend On The Interviewer?, Jenna M. Kieckhaefer
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Most investigative interviewing protocols, including the National Institute of Justice’s 1999 guidelines on collecting eyewitness evidence, recommend building rapport with cooperative witnesses to increase the quality and quantity of details obtained at recall. To date, only three published articles have empirically addressed the effects of rapport-building on adult witness memory, and all suggest an increase in witness accuracy under certain conditions. However, to our knowledge no research has addressed the importance of the investigator when building rapport and whether rapport can increase witness susceptibility to suggestive-leading questions – the aim of the current research. Specifically, this project examined the effects …