Professor Fiona Gabbert
Staff details
Summary
Fiona is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Forensic Psychology Unit at Goldsmiths. She also chairs the Scientific Committee of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG), and acts as Associate Editor for the academic journal 'Memory'. Fiona has an international reputation for her research on the suggestibility of memory and investigative interviewing, that has had an international impact on police operational procedure and policy. She is currently working with the United Nations advising on the development of a Universal Protocol on investigative interviewing. Her work has been recognised by awards for Academic Excellence, Mid-Career Excellence, and Public Engagement.
Grants and Awards
Fiona has received external grant funding from a variety of organisations to support her work including: ESRC, CREST, Leverhulme Trust, British Academy, the Carnegie Trust, the College of Policing, and the BIAL Foundation.
Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange
Fiona is committed to the public understanding of research, as evidenced by frequent ambitious Public Engagement activities undertaken by the Forensic Psychology Unit. These include award-winning educational immersive theatre events that have attracted 1000s of members of the public to Goldsmiths (see https://www.gold.ac.uk/forensic-psychology-unit/). Some other examples include:
• Organising seminars, panel discussions, and a range of research events designed to connect the wider public with relevant research conducted by members of the Forensic Psychology Unit and the Forensic and Clinical Science Group.
• Providing seminars and research consultancy to organisations to facilitate knowledge-exchange.
• Engaging in public-facing events including festivals, lectures, school events, and panel discussions.
• Engaging with the media, including television, radio, and press interviews.
Research Interests
Fiona's research has a strong focus on improving the usability, credibility, and reliability of evidence from witnesses. This has led to the introduction of new evidence-based investigative interview tools and training resources to the field, such as the Self-Administered Interview, the Structured Interview Protocol, and the Timeline Technique. Key areas of interest are listed below.
• Eyewitness memory
• Investigative interviewing
• Facilitating recall
• Building trust and rapport
• Metacognition
• Suggestibility of memory
• Social influences on memory
• Memory conformity
Publications and research outputs
Edited Book
Ridley, Anne; Gabbert, Fiona and La Rooy, David, eds. 2013. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications. London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-470-66369-1
Ridley, Anne; Gabbert, Fiona and La Rooy, David, eds. 2013. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0470663684
Book Section
St-Yves, M; Griffiths, A; Cyr, M; Gabbert, Fiona; Carmans, M; Sellie, C; Bruneau, G and Powell, M. 2014. Training in Investigative Interviewing: observations and challenges. In: M St-Yves and A Griffiths, eds. Investigative Interviewing: The Essential Handbook of best practices. Canada: Carswell, pp. 245-269. ISBN 978-0-7798-6273-3
Ridley, Anne; Gabbert, Fiona and La Rooy, David. 2013. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: What do we know? In: Anne Ridley; Fiona Gabbert and David La Rooy, eds. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 217-226. ISBN 978-0470663684
Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2013. Suggestibility and memory conformity. In: Anne Ridley; Fiona Gabbert and David La Rooy, eds. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications. London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-470-66369-1
Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2013. Suggestibility and memory conformity. In: Anne Ridley; Fiona Gabbert and David La Rooy, eds. Suggestibility in Legal Contexts: Psychological Research and Forensic Implications. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 63-84. ISBN 978-0470663684
Gabbert, Fiona. 2007. Conformity in Eyewitness Reports. In: Brian Cutler, ed. Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 978-1412951890
Memon, Amina; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2004. The ageing eyewitness. In: Joanna Adler, ed. Forensic Psychology: Debates, Concepts and Practice. Willan, pp. 96-112. ISBN 978-1843920090
Article
Moffett, Lee; Oxburgh, Gavin; Dresser, Paul and Gabbert, Fiona. 2023. Mapping the lie: A smallest space analysis of truthful and deceptive mock-informant accounts. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 96(3), pp. 471-490. ISSN 0032-258X
Nicol, Annabelle; Szojka, Zsofia A.; Watkins, Christopher D.; Gabbert, Fiona and La Rooy, David. 2023. A systematic examination of actor and trainee interviewer behaviour during Joint Investigative Interviewing Training. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 38(3), pp. 593-606. ISSN 0882-0783
Mainwaring, Chelsea; Gabbert, Fiona and Scott, Adrian J.. 2023. A systematic review exploring variables related to bystander intervention in sexual violence contexts. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(3), pp. 1727-1742. ISSN 1524-8380
Ng, Magdalene; Chung, Kai Li; Tee, Eugene and Gabbert, Fiona. 2023. Rapport in a Non-WEIRD Multicultural Society: A Qualitative Analysis in Southeast Asia. Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice, ISSN 2227-7420
Marin, Adelina and Gabbert, Fiona. 2023. The use of self-disclosure to build rapport with mock covert human intelligence sources (CHIS). Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 18(2), pp. 158-173. ISSN 1833-5330
Mainwaring, Chelsea; Scott, Adrian J. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2023. Behavioral Intentions of Bystanders to Image-Based Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Focus Group Study with a University Student Sample. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(3), pp. 318-339. ISSN 1053-8712
Moffett, Lee; Oxburgh, Gavin; Dresser, Paul; Gabbert, Fiona and Watson, Steven. 2023. Keeping our wits about us: introducing a bespoke informant interview model for covert human intelligence source (CHIS) interactions. Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 18(3), pp. 333-352. ISSN 1833-5330
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona. 2022. Forensic interviewing of mentally disordered suspects: The impact of interview style on investigation outcomes. Current Psychology, 41(5), pp. 3216-3224. ISSN 1046-1310
Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine; Horry, Ruth; Drain, Tyler and Hughes, Chelsea. 2022. Examining the efficacy of a digital version of the Self-Administered Interview. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 5, 100159. ISSN 2451-9588
Hope, Lorraine; Anakwah, Nkansah; Antfolk, Jan; Brubacher, Sonja P.; Flowe, Heather; Gabbert, Fiona; Giebels, Ellen; Kanja, Wangu; Korkman, Julia; Kyo, Akira; Naka, Makiko; Otgaar, Henry; Powell, Martine B.; Selim, Hedayat; Skrifvars, Jenny; Sorkpah, Isaac Kwasi; Sowatey, Emmanuel A.; Steele, Linda C.; Stevens, Laura; Sumampouw, Nathanael E. J.; Taylor, Paul J.; Trevino-Rangel, Javier; van Veldhuizen, Tanja; Wang, Jianqin and Wells, Simon. 2022. Urgent Issues and Prospects at the Intersection of Culture, Memory, and Witness Interviews: Exploring the Challenges for Research and Practice. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 27(1), pp. 1-31. ISSN 1355-3259
Moffett, Lee; Oxburgh, Gavin; Dresser, Paul; Watson, Steven and Gabbert, Fiona. 2022. Inside the Shadows: A survey of UK HUMINT practitioners examining their considerations when handling a Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS). Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 29(4), pp. 487-505. ISSN 1321-8719
Toolin, Katie; van Langeraad, Amy; Hoi, Viktoria; Scott, Adrian J. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2022. Psychological contributions to cold case investigations: A systematic review. Forensic Science International: Synergy, 5, 100294. ISSN 2589-871X
Horry, R; Hughes, C; Sharma, A; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2021. A meta‐analytic review of the Self‐Administered Interview©: Quantity and accuracy of details reported on initial and subsequent retrieval attempts. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), pp. 428-444. ISSN 0888-4080
Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine; Luther, Kirk; Wright, Gordon R. T.; Ng, Magdalene and Oxburgh, Gavin. 2021. Exploring the use of rapport in professional information‐gathering contexts by systematically mapping the evidence base. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), pp. 329-341. ISSN 0888-4080
Kontogianni, Feni; Rubinova, Eva; Hope, Lorraine; Taylor, Paul J.; Vrij, Aldert and Gabbert, Fiona. 2021. Facilitating recall and particularisation of repeated events in adults using a multi-method interviewing format. Memory, 29(4), pp. 471-485. ISSN 0965-8211
Kontogianni, Feni; Hope, Lorraine; Taylor, Paul; Vrij, A and Gabbert, Fiona. 2020. “Tell me more about this…”: An examination of the efficacy of follow‐up open questions following an initial account. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(5), pp. 972-983. ISSN 0888-4080
Dando, Coral; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2020. Supporting older eyewitnesses’ episodic memory: the self-administered interview and sketch reinstatement of context. Memory, 28(6), pp. 712-723. ISSN 0965-8211
Gabbert, Fiona; Tamonyte, Donata; Apps, Joe; Caso, Alessandra; Woolnough, Penny; Hope, Lorraine; Handscomb, Megan A. and Waterworth, Georgina A. H.. 2020. Examining the efficacy of a self-administered report form in missing person investigations. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 25(1), pp. 1-16. ISSN 1355-3259
Denault, Vincent; Plusquellec, Pierrich; Jupe, Louise M.; St-Yves, Michel; Dunbar, Norah E.; Hartwig, Maria; Sporer, Siegfried L; Rioux-Turcotte, Jessica; Jarry, Jonathan; Walsh, Dave; Otgaar, Henry; Viziteu, Andrei; Talwar, Victoria; Keatley, David A.; Blandón-Gitlin, Iris; Townson, Clint; Deslauriers-Varin, Nadine; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Patterson, Miles L.; Areh, Igor; Allan, Alfred; Evans Cameron, Hilary; Boivin, Rémi; ten Brinke, Leanne; Masip, Jaume; Bull, Ray; Cyr, Mireille; Hope, Lorraine; Strömwall, Leif A.; Bennett, Stephanie J.; Al Menaiya, Faisal; Leo, Richard A.; Vredeveldt, Annelies; Laforest, Marty; Honts, Charles R; Manzanero, Antonio L.; Mann, Samantha; Granhag, Pär-Anders; Ask, Karl; Gabbert, Fiona; Guay, Jean-Pierre; Coutant, Alexandre; Hancock, Jeffrey; Manusov, Valerie; Burgoon, Judee K.; Kleinman, Steven M.; Wright, Gordon R. T.; Landström, Sara; Freckelton, Ian; Vernham, Zarah and van Koppen, Peter J.. 2020. The Analysis of Nonverbal Communication: The Dangers of Pseudoscience in Security and Justice Contexts. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 30(1), pp. 1-12. ISSN 1133-0740
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona. 2020. Vulnerable suspects in police interviews: exploring current practice in England and Wales. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 17(1), pp. 17-30. ISSN 1544-4759
MacLean, Carla; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2019. The Self-Administered Witness Interview Tool (SAW-IT): Enhancing witness recall of workplace incidents. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(6), pp. 1212-1223. ISSN 0888-4080
Hope, Lorraine and Gabbert, Fiona. 2019. Memory at the Sharp End: The Costs of Remembering With Others in Forensic Contexts. Topics in Cognitive Science, 11(4), pp. 609-626. ISSN 1756-8757
Farrugia, Laura; Oxburgh, Gavin and Gabbert, Fiona. 2019. Effective evaluation of forensic interviews: The Forensic Interview Trace (FIT). Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice, 10(1), pp. 20-31. ISSN 2227-7420
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona. 2019. The ‘appropriate adult’: what they do and what they should do in police interviews with mentally disordered suspects. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 29(3), pp. 134-141. ISSN 0957-9664
Hope, Lorraine; Gabbert, Fiona; Kinninger, Max; Kontogianni, Feni; Bracey, Alexandra and Hanger, Adam. 2019. Who said what and when? Development and testing of a timeline approach to eliciting information and intelligence about conversations, plots and plans. Law and Human Behavior, 43(3), pp. 263-277. ISSN 0147-7307
Flowe, Heather D.; Humphries, Joyce; Takarangi, Melanie; Zelek, Kasia; Karoğlu, Nilda; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2019. An experimental examination of the effects of alcohol consumption and exposure to misleading post event information on remembering a hypothetical rape scenario. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(3), pp. 393-413. ISSN 0888-4080
Brewer, N; Nagesh Vagadia, A; Hope, Lorraine and Gabbert, Fiona. 2018. Interviewing Witnesses: Eliciting Coarse-Grain Information. Law and Human Behavior, 42(5), pp. 458-471. ISSN 0147-7307
Kontogianni, F; Hope, Lorraine; Taylor, P. J.; Vrij, A and Gabbert, Fiona. 2018. The Benefits of a Self-Generated Cue Mnemonic for Timeline Interviewing. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 7(3), pp. 454-461. ISSN 2211-3681
Wheeler, Rebecca L. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2017. Using Self-Generated Cues to Facilitate Recall: A Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1830. ISSN 1664-1078
Eisen, Mitchell; Gabbert, Fiona; Ting, Rebecca and Williams, Joseph. 2017. “I Think He Had A Tattoo On His Neck”: How Co-Witness Discussions About A Perpetrator’s Description Can Affect Eyewitness Identification Decisions. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 6(3), pp. 274-282. ISSN 2211-3681
Oxburgh, L.; Cherryman, J.; Milne, R. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2016. Police officers’ perceptions and experiences with mentally disordered suspects. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 49(A), pp. 138-146. ISSN 0160-2527
Hope, Lorraine; Blocksidge, Dave; Gabbert, Fiona; Sauer, James; Lewinski, William; Mirashi, Arta and Atuk, Emel. 2016. Memory and the Operational Witness: Police officer recall of firearms encounters as a function of active response role. Law and Human Behavior, 40(1), pp. 23-35. ISSN 0147-7307
Krix, Alana; Sauerland, Melanie; Mercklebach, Harald; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2015. How effective is retrieval support for witnesses with different levels of working and source memory? Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27, pp. 335-348. ISSN 2044-5911
Gawrylowicz, Julie; Memon, Amina; Scoboria, Alan; Hope, Lorraine and Gabbert, Fiona. 2014. Enhancing older adults’ eyewitness memory for present and future events with the Self-administered Interview. Psychology and Aging, 29(4), pp. 885-890. ISSN 0882-7974
Alogna, V. K. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2014. Registered replication report: Schooler & Engstler-Schooler (1990). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, pp. 556-578. ISSN 1745-6916
Krix, Alana; Sauerland, Melanie; Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2014. Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: What works at immediate and subsequent recall? Psychology, Crime and Law, 20(10), pp. 1005-1027. ISSN 1068-316X
Hope, Lorraine; Gabbert, Fiona; Fisher, Ronald P. and Jamieson, Kat. 2014. Protecting and enhancing eyewitness memory: The Impact of an Initial Recall Attempt on Performance in an Investigative Interview. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28(3), pp. 304-313. ISSN 0888-4080
Gawrylowicz, Julie; Gabbert, Fiona; Carson, Derek; Lindsay, William and Hancock, Peter. 2013. Face recognition and description abilities in people with mild Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(5), pp. 435-446. ISSN 1360-2322
Wheeler, Rebecca L.; Allan, Kevin; Tsivilis, Dimitris; Martin, Douglas and Gabbert, Fiona. 2013. Explicit Mentalizing Mechanisms and Their Adaptive Role in Memory Conformity. PLoS ONE, 8(4), ISSN 1932-6203
Hope, Lorraine; Mullis, Rebecca and Gabbert, Fiona. 2013. Who? What? When? Use of a novel timeline technique to facilitate recall of a complex event. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2(1), pp. 20-24. ISSN 2211-3681
Allen, Roy and Gabbert, Fiona. 2013. Exogenous social identity cues differentially affect the dynamic tracking of individual target faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 39(6), pp. 1982-1989. ISSN 0278-7393
Hope, Lorraine; Gabbert, Fiona and Fraser, Joanne. 2013. Postincident conferring by law enforcement officers: Determining the impact of team discussions on statement content, accuracy, and officer beliefs. Law and Human Behavior, 37(2), pp. 117-127. ISSN 0147-7307
Gawrylowicz, Julie; Gabbert, Fiona; Carson, Derek; Lindsay, William and Hancock, Peter. 2012. Holistic Versus Featural Facial Composite Systems for People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(5), pp. 716-720. ISSN 0888-4080
Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine; Fisher, Ronald P. and Jamieson, Kat. 2012. Protecting Against Misleading Post-event Information with a Self-Administered Interview. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(4), pp. 568-575. ISSN 0888-4080
Hope, L.; Lewinski, W.; Dixon, J.; Blocksidge, D. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2012. Witnesses in Action: The Effect of Physical Exertion on Recall and Recognition. Psychological Science, 23(4), pp. 386-390. ISSN 0956-7976
Allan, Kevin; Midjord, JP; Martin, Douglas and Gabbert, Fiona. 2012. Memory conformity and the perceived accuracy of Self versus Other. Memory & Cognition, 40(2), pp. 280-286. ISSN 0090-502X
Clifford, Brian; Havard, Catriona; Memon, Amina and Gabbert, Fiona. 2012. Delay and Age Effects on Identification Accuracy and Confidence: An Investigation Using a Video Identification Parade. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), pp. 130-139. ISSN 0888-4080
Memon, Amina; Havard, Catriona; Clifford, Brian; Gabbert, Fiona and Watt, Moray. 2011. A field evaluation of the VIPER system: A new technique for eliciting eyewitness identification evidence. Psychology, Crime and Law, 17(8), pp. 711-729. ISSN 1068-316X
Hope, Lorraine; Gabbert, Fiona and Fisher, Ronald P.. 2011. From laboratory to the street: Capturing witness memory using a Self-Administered Interview. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16(2), pp. 211-226. ISSN 1355-3259
Gabbert, Fiona; Memon, Amina and Allan, Kevin. 2011. Memory conformity: Can eyewitnesses influence each other's memories for an event? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, pp. 163-174. ISSN 0888-4080
Havard, Catriona; Memon, Amina; Clifford, Brian and Gabbert, Fiona. 2010. A comparison of video and static photo lineups with child and adolescent witnesses. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(9), pp. 1209-1221. ISSN 0888-4080
Memon, Amina; Harvard, C; Clifford, Brian and Gabbert, Fiona. 2009. Abstract Obtaining evidence from child witnesses using video parades. Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 5(1), p. 49. ISSN 1547-769X
Wright, Daniel; Memon, Amina; Skagerberg, Elin and Gabbert, Fiona. 2009. When Eyewitnesses Talk. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18(3), pp. 174-178. ISSN 0963-7214
Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine and Fisher, Ronald P.. 2008. Protecting Eyewitness Evidence: Examining the Efficacy of a Self-Administered Interview Tool. Law and Human Behavior, 33, pp. 298-307. ISSN 0147-7307
Wright, Daniel; Gabbert, Fiona; Memon, Amina and London, K. 2008. Changing the Criterion for Memory Conformity in Free Recall. Memory, 16(2), pp. 137-148. ISSN 0965-8211
Hope, Lorraine; Ost, James; Gabbert, Fiona; Healey, Sarah and Lenton, Emma. 2008. “With a little help from my friends…”: The role of co-witness relationship in susceptibility to misinformation. Acta Psychologica, 127(2), pp. 476-484. ISSN 0001-6918
Allan, Kevin and Gabbert, Fiona. 2008. I still think it was a banana: Memorable lies and forgettable truths. Acta Psychologica, 127(2), pp. 299-308. ISSN 0001-6918
Gabbert, Fiona; Memon, Amina and Wright, Daniel. 2007. I saw it for longer than you: The relationship between perceived encoding duration and memory conformity. Acta Psychologica, 124(3), pp. 319-331. ISSN 0001-6918
Gabbert, Fiona and Memon, Amina. 2006. Memory conformity: Disentangling the steps towards influence during a discussion. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(3), pp. 480-485. ISSN 1069-9384
Gabbert, Fiona; Memon, Amina; Allan, Kevin and Wright, Daniel. 2004. Say it to my face: Examining the effects of socially encountered misinformation. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 9(2), pp. 214-227. ISSN 1355-3259
Gabbert, Fiona; Memon, Amina and Allan, Kevin. 2003. Memory conformity: Can eyewitnesses influence each other's memories for an event? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, pp. 533-543. ISSN 0888-4080
Memon, Amina and Gabbert, Fiona. 2003. Improving the identification accuracy of senior witnesses: Do pre-lineup questions and sequential testing help? Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(2), pp. 341-347. ISSN 0021-9010
Memon, Amina and Gabbert, Fiona. 2003. Unravelling the effects of sequential presentation in culprit present lineups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17(6), pp. 703-714. ISSN 0888-4080
Conference or Workshop Item
Gabbert, Fiona; Hope, Lorraine; Jamieson, Kat and Lang, Katie L.. 2010. 'An innovative method for improving accident investigation'. In: Society of Petroleum Engineers Middle East Health, Safety, Security and Environment Conference and Exhibition (SPE MEHSSE),. Manama, Bahrain.
Report
Gabbert, Fiona and Hope, Lorraine. 2012. Field Evaluation of the Self-Administered Interview. Technical Report.
Hope, Lorraine and Gabbert, Fiona. 2010. The Impact of Conferring on Individual and Collaborative Recall in a Policing Context.. Technical Report.
