Event overview
Departmental Seminar Series: Dr Serra Tekin Eriksson
Relevant and accurate information obtained in a suspect interview can later be used to substantiate the suspect’s innocence or guilt in court. Humane approaches to interviewing, as opposed to accusatory approaches, are found to be more effective for eliciting accurate information and true confessions. But such interviewing frameworks are rather broad, and more specific techniques and tactics are needed in the interview room. This talk focuses on a specific framework, namely the Strategic Use of Evidence framework, which offers a strategic way to disclose the available evidence in an interview. A tactic, deriving from this framework, aims to make suspects shift their counter-interview strategies from less to more forthcoming by influencing their perception of the amount of evidence held against them. Recent research shows that it is possible to elicit new and critical information from lying (guilty) suspects by using this tactic.
Dr Serra Tekin Eriksson focuses on deception detection and information elicitation in police interviews. The overall aim of her research is to develop and improve strategic ways of interviewing concerning crimes that have been committed as well as criminal or non-criminal intentions. Evidence disclosure methods and the role of culture are central to her research. Serra is a chartered psychologist.
Dates & times
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| 11 Oct 2018 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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