Examining the cognitive interview in a double-test paradigm
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Psychology, Crime & Law
- Vol. 5 (1-2) , 29-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10683169908414992
Abstract
The Cognitive Interview (CI) was compared with a standard interview protocol (based on the National Transportation Safety Board) to interview witnesses of a videotaped traffic accident. Witnesses were tested twice, five minutes after viewing the accident and again two weeks later. The CI elicited approximately 70% more correct facts than did the standard interview, and at equivalent accuracy rates, at both the first interview and the second interview. The double-testing procedure generated novel data patterns that may allow us to identify incorrect recollections; other results lead us to question some legal assumptions about the diagnosticity of inconsistent recollections.Keywords
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