Statement Analysis & Cognitive Interviewing
Location:
      Yarmouth Police Department, One Brad Erickson Way
      West Yarmouth, MA   USA
Date: 2010-06-24 to 2010-06-25
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: 197
 

Course Description:
By combining our training programs in Investigative Statement Analysis and Cognitive Interviewing (for additional details, see course descriptions below), you will acquire powerful, effective tools to use during your investigative interviews and criminal interrogations. Increase your ability to establish rapport and extract significantly more accurate and reliable information from the people you speak with. Hone your skills at distinguishing between truthful and deceptive information, and increase your ability to reach the truth within all of your investigative inquiries. As with all of our training, you will receive FREE membership into the Interview and Interrogation Group, an online international network of professionals dedicated to the research and application of effective and ethical techniques within the field of investigative interviewing and criminal interrogations _____________________________________ INVESTIGATIVE STATEMENT ANALYSIS is is the structured and systematic analysis of language, whether written (statements, transcripts, electronic mail, etc) or spoken. Through the analysis of the words people use, the investigator will gain insight into the individuals thought process and obtain a tremendous advantage prioritizing and conducting follow-up interviews, directing their investigations, and reaching accurate conclusions relating to the veracity of the information that people provide. This training is based upon the principle that the psychological stress associated with deception manifests subconsciously within our choice of words. Many times even the motive for the crime will be identified through careful analysis, which often goes undetected by investigators who have not received training in this powerful technique. If you conduct interviews and interrogations or obtain written statements without the knowledge of statement analysis, you are doing the equivalent of processing crime scenes without proper training in the recognition and collection of evidence. Much of the information will be overlooked or misinterpreted, and your investigation may suffer and you may never reach the TRUTH, which is our ultimate goal. _____________________________________ COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING is a powerful interviewing technique used to extract significantly more accurate information from victims and witnesses. Used by investigators within the United States as well as numerous countries throughout the world, this highly effective research based technique of investigative interviewing has proven to enhance the memory of the individuals being interviewed and effectively increase accurate recall of information. Through guided memory retrieval techniques, the investigator will enhance their ability to develop rapport with people and extract more accurate and reliable information from victims and witnesses than traditional methods.