CJS 2095 - Interview, Interrogation, and Investigation

1. Environmental settings for gathering verbal information
2. Ethical and legal considerations for policy of individuals and organizations
3. Evaluation and use of findings in investigation procedure
4. Interviewing behavior: handling denials, passivity
5. Interviewing children and the mentally challenged
6. Nonverbal behavioral assessment
7. Pre-employment interviews
8. Preparation for the interview/interrogation
9. Projective analysis of unwritten verbal clue
10. Psycho-physiological basis for the forensic assessment
11. Question formulation: irrelevant, relevant, comparison, and alternative questions
12. The history of interviewing, interrogation, and investigation application and methods
13. Theoretical frameworks for interviewing, interrogation and investigation
14. Truth and deception
15. Use of verbal coercion and persuasion
16. Use of technology, related to interviewing and interrogation

1. apply methods for memory development
2. apply the legal framework for information-gathering and sharing
3. follow chain of custody rules for information gathering and investigation
4. demonstrate knowledge of the investigation process and its importance for interviewing and interrogation
5. show knowledge of methods of content analysis and categorization of words
6. apply the concepts of polygraph and voice stress analysis technology and techniques
7. apply knowledge of verbal threat and behavioral escalation analysis
8. demonstrate knowledge of pattern recognition techniques
9. become knowledgeable in trigger word recognition techniques
10. participate in interview and interrogation process
11. apply videotaping technology for taping interviews and interrogations

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