Interviewing and Interrogation: A Review of Research and Practice Since World War II

The science of interviewing and interrogation has continuously evolved since World War II, through the contributions by experts from around the world, from different legal systems and traditions. But the broader impact of unscientific, ineffective or counter-productive interviewing and interrogation remains profound. Indeed, coercive techniques are still used in many countries even if such practices are criminalized or prohibited under international law. Torture remains a significant problem in fact-finding. It persists also in countries that profess the rule of law. This book discusses the state of our knowledge about interviewing and interrogation in a manner accessible to practitioners and managers in policing and law enforcement, analysts, investigators and prosecutors in criminal justice, and military, security and intelligence actors. The book assists such professionals to keep up to date with the current known methods of non-coercive information elicitation. The authors bring exceptional combined expertise on interview and interrogation

methods or techniques used around the world since World War II. They explain the models, methods, frameworks and techniques, when and why they were introduced, as well as their effectiveness in practice across different jurisdictions and socio-political contexts. The book includes contributions by 52 experts, in 24 chapters organized in four parts: Part I: General, Part 2: Suspects, Part 3: Victims and Witnesses, and Part 4: Relevant Organizations. The book builds in part on the publisher's comprehensive anthology 'Quality Control in Criminal Investigation' (published as No. 38 in the same TOAEP Publication Series).

Dr. Gavin E. Oxburgh is Professor of Police Science and Head of Department for Social Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. He was a member of the Steering Committee that developed the Méndez Principles, and is the Founder and Executive Director of ETICA (Global).

Dr. Trond Myklebust is Assistant Chief of Police and Programme Leader of the Master's in Investigation at the Norwegian Police University College and Visiting Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University. He is a Director of ETICA (Global).

Mark Fallon is a counter-terrorism expert. He was the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Criminal Investigation Task Force at the United States Military's Guantánamo detention camp, a member of the Steering Committee that developed the Méndez Principles, and is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Project Aletheia.Dr. Maria Hartwig is Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She introduced the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique in her doctoral work, and is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Project Aletheia.