ACR7225 - Interviewing, Interrogation & Expert Witness Testimony

(3 units)

Course focuses on two critical communication-related elements to operating in the criminal justice arena. Provides an overview of the history and the legal precedent associated with interviewing and interrogating from a law enforcement and a national security perspective. Examines current evidence-based practices in educing information from witnesses, victims and suspects as well as in providing scientifically sound, easy-to-understand expert testimony in a court of law. Cognitive interviewing, interpretation of verbal and physical behavior, memory and false confessions, deception detection, interviewing special populations, and ethical considerations are discussed.