Abstract Children (N= 114, ages 7–13) witnessed a transgressor steal money from a wallet
and then asked them to lie about the theft when interviewed by a novel interviewer. During …

Background Adolescents frequently experience and witness violence and crime, yet very
little research has been conducted to determine how best to question these witnesses to …

Adolescents comprise a vulnerable population that is exposed to crime and also may be
reluctant to disclose full details of their experiences. Little research has addressed effective …

Rapport-based approaches have become a central tenet of investigative interviewing with
suspects and sources. Here we explored the utility of using rapport-building tactics (ie, self …

Given the complexities of episodic memory and necessarily social nature of in-person face-
to-face interviews, theoretical and evidence-based techniques for collecting episodic …

Building rapport during police interviews is argued as important for improving on the
completeness and accuracy of information provided by witnesses and victims. However, little …

Tactics recommended for rapport‐building consist of verbal (eg, finding common ground or
shared experiences) and non‐verbal (eg, affirmations, displaying empathy) behaviours …

Although adolescents are at elevated risk of sexual victimisation, very limited research has
focused on how best to interview suspected adolescent victims. The current study was …

While there has been considerable research on investigative interviews with children over
the last three decades, there remains much to learn. The aim of this paper was to identify …

We tested developmental trends in eyewitness identification in biased and unbiased
lineups. Our main interest was adolescent's lineup performance compared with children and …