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Traditional, Structural, and
Inferential Interviewing with
Statement Analysis Techniques
Chapter 4
Smart Talk: Contemporary Interviewing and Interrogation
By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
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© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Traditional Interviewing

Just-the-facts approach
Use for witness evaluation
 Preliminary assessments
 To obtain emergency
response information
 For field interviewing with
limited time
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© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Identify the Sources
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Side-tracker
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One who falsely claims
involvement as a witness
or suspect to a crime
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Complainant

The person who
reports a crime
or accuses
another of an
offense

Victim or
witness
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Guidelines for Traditional
Interviewing

Ask questions to answer in
any order
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Who, what, when, where,
why, how
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© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Determine the Actus Reus
Determine if a
crime has
been
committed
 Determine the
nature of the
offense
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Obtain an Admission Where
Relevant
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An admission is when a
person gives information of
having been involved in a
crime but downplays their
role or lies about the extent
of their behavior
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
What?
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What offense was
committed?
What happened?
What weapon was used?
What was said?
What did the eyewitness
hear or see?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
What?

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Avoid leading
questions
Avoid sounding
accusatory
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Who?
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Who is the victim?
Who is the perpetrator?
Who are the witnesses?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Who?
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Get names, addresses,
telephone numbers, and
physical descriptions
Find out if there are any family
relationships
Obtain prior record information
Search records for outstanding
warrants
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
When?
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When did this incident occur?
When was the event reported?
When did injuries occur?
When did the injured seek medical
attention?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
When
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Is the incident still ongoing?
How old or new is the complaint?
Has this type of offense ever
occurred against the victim in the
past?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Where?
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Where was the location of the
incident?
Where did the event begin and
where did it end?
Where were the witnesses
located in relation to the
offense?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Where?

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Determine the jurisdiction of the
crime
Does the event cross multiple
jurisdictions?
Were the witnesses located to
accurately view or hear what
they report?
Were there indications of force
or forced entry?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Why?

Establish the
mens rea

Perpetrator
state of mind
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Mens Rea
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Purposefulness: What is the reason
or goal of the act?
Knowing: What was the activity that
the person should have known will
bring consequences?
Reckless behavior: Is the behavior
one that increases the risk of harm?
Neglect: A failure to act where a
duty of care exists
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
How?
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How did it happen?
How was the victim approached?
How did the perpetrator gain
access?
How often has a similar event
occurred?
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
How?
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Include information leading
up to the event and after
the event
Determine the sequence
of events
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Conducting the Traditional
Interview
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Treat all with dignity
Be courteous and professional
Avoid professional jargon
Do not make ANY promises
Never suggest confidentiality
Establish rapport
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Tools

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Use sketches
and drawings
Leave with the
understanding
they may be
contacted again
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Get contact
information
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Indirect Approach

Exploratory to find out what
they know
Use open-ended questions
 Clarifying questions
 Avoid leading questions
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
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Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Vs. Direct Approach

Ask specific questions
Avoid leading questions
 Use with an uncooperative
person
 Determine source of
difficulty

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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Structural Interview
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Designed to maximize recall
and minimize contamination
Adds rapport building,
narrative description, and an
ample interviewee response to
the traditional interview
method
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Structural Interview
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Incorporate active listening skills
Use of open-ended questions
Appropriate non-verbal behavior
Encourage active participation
by the interviewee
Do not interrupt narratives
Record accurately and
completely
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Structural Interviewing Steps
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Build rapport
Obtain narrative description
from non-leading and open
questions

Allow ample interviewee
response time
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Structural Interviewing Steps
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Use specific probing
questions to elaborate
Request the interviewee
recount the entire event a
second time
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Inferential Interviewing:
Four Principles to Discover
Dishonesty
1. Coherency: A
statement
should make
sense by not
violating the
rules of nature
or contradicting
itself
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Discover Dishonesty
2. Response Rate: Deception
is associated with shorter
response length, a slower
rate of speech, and more
speech errors (verbal
leakage)
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Discover Dishonesty
3. Type-Token Ratio:
Unique words divided
by total words in a
statement
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Discover Dishonesty
4. Verbal Hedges: Verbal
techniques used to buy
additional processing time
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© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Verbal Hedging
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Methods to
avoid
answering and
to buy time
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Examples of Verbal Hedging
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Unnecessary use of connectors—
Uhs… ums… ands… ors…
Repeating all or part of the
interviewer’s question before
responding
Claimed lack of memory
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I couldn’t see, wasn’t paying attention
Repeated extraneous information

He said, she said, he did, she did
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Statement Analysis
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A word-by-word examination of
the grammar within a statement
Can be used with any method of
interviewing as an assessment
of deception
Both written and oral statements
can be evaluated
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Components of Statement
Analysis
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Parts of speech
Extraneous information
Lack of conviction
Statement balance
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Parts of Speech

Evaluate pronoun, noun,
verb, adjective
Establish the norm in the
statement
 Look for changes to the
norm, evaluate why
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Example
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Example in rape case:
My story (noun) has never
changed; I would never
hurt (verb) the child
(adjective), I love (verb) him
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Pronouns

Truthful persons provide
statements using the
pronoun “I,” first person
singular

Overuse of “we” indicates a
lack of commitment and
unwillingness to take
responsibility
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Examples
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Example of truthfulness: I woke
up and went to school. I met
some friends and we went to
class together. At noon we all
left.
Example of lack of commitment:
I woke up. We all met and went
to class. We left when the lunch
bell rang.
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Nouns

A change in noun use
signifies a change in the
reality of the suspect
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Examples
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Example of the norm: I loved my
baby. I did not mean to hurt my
baby, but I drowned her.
Example of a deviation: I loved
my baby. I did not mean to hurt
my baby, she went under the
water and something kept her
down.
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Verbs
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It is normal to use the first
person, singular past tense to
recall past events
Change in the tense of the
verb signals possible deception
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Examples
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Example of the norm: I saw
the shooting, I was so scared
that I ran as fast as I could.
Example of a deviation: I saw
the shooting. I am so scared
that I run away as fast as I
can.
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Verbs

Statements which contain
verbs such as “tried” or
“started” represent a
weakened assertion of the
facts
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Examples
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Example of the norm: I
screamed “no” over and
over.
Example of a deviation: I
tried to scream “no” over
and over.
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Adjectives

Use of “that” and “those” to
refer to a person suggests
distancing
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Examples
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Example of the norm: I did
not hurt David.
Example of a deviation: I
did not hurt that child.
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Field Statement Analysis

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A shortened version of the
statement analysis
Uses two rather than four
components
Lack of conviction
 Extraneous information
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Lack of Conviction

A truthful statement is given
with conviction

Frequent “I don’t remember”
or “I believe” or “kind of
surprised” are suspect
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Extraneous Information
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A truthful person will provide
events in a chronological order
A truthful statement contains
three parts; prior to the event,
the event, and afterwards

They should contain roughly
the same amount of
information
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By Denise Kindschi Gosselin
© 2007 Pearson Education, Inc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458