Urgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practice

dc.contributor.authorHope, L., Anakwah, N., Antfolk, J., Brubacher, S. P., Flowe, H., Gabbert, F., ... & Anonymous.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-28T18:14:51Z
dc.date.available2021-12-28T18:14:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe pursuit of justice increasingly relies on productive interactions between witnesses and investigators from diverse cultural backgrounds during investigative interviews. To date, the role of cultural context has largely been ignored by researchers in the field of investigative interviewing, despite repeated requests from practitioners and policymakers for evidence-based guidance for the conduct of interviews with people from different cultures. Through examining cultural differences in human memory and communication and considering specific contextual challenges for investigative interviewing through the lens of culture, this review and associated commentaries highlight the scope for considering culture and human diversity in research on, and the practice of, investigative interviewing with victims, witnesses, and other sources. Across 11 commentaries, contributors highlight the importance of considering the role of culture in different investigative interviewing practices (e.g., rapport building, questioning techniques) and contexts (e.g., gender-based violence, asylum seeking, child abuse), address common areas of cultural mismatch between interviewer–interviewee expectations, and identify critical future routes for research. We call for an increased focus in the investigative interviewing literature on the nature and needs of our global community and encourage constructive and collaborative discussion between researchers and practitioners from around the world to better identify specific challenges and work together towards evidence-based solutions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHope, L., Anakwah, N., Antfolk, J., Brubacher, S. P., Flowe, H., Gabbert, F., ... & Anonymous. (2021). Urgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practice. Legal and Criminological Psychology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/lcrp.12202
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLegal and Criminological Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectinvestigative interviewingen_US
dc.subjectcultural adaptationen_US
dc.subjectwitnessesen_US
dc.titleUrgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practiceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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