Are you talking to me? Influencing behaviour and culture in police interviews Export

@article{citeulike:5860131, abstract = {This study examines the relationship between two types of influencing behaviour in police interviews (<i>being kind</i> and <i>rational persuasion</i>) and three types of interview effectiveness, i.e. the suspects’ willingness to give a statement, their estimation of the quality of the relationship with the detective, and suspects’ admission. We expected that <i>being kind</i> and <i>rational persuasion</i> (arguments referring to logic and rationality) would have a different effect on suspects from cultures that tend to be direct and content-oriented (low-context cultures) versus cultures in which communication is more indirect and context orientated (high-context cultures). To examine this, experienced police detectives interviewed mock theft suspects from low-context (<i>n</i>=25) and high-context (<i>n</i>=27) cultures. As predicted, and particularly for high-context suspects, <i>being kind</i> in terms of <i>rewarding</i> and <i>offering</i> was positively related to the perceived quality of the relationship of the suspect, while <i>being kind</i> in terms of <i>active listening</i> behaviour was positively related to admissions. Furthermore, and as expected, there was a positive relationship between <i>rational persuasion</i> of the police detective and admissions for low-context suspects, but also a negative relationship between <i>rational persuasion</i> and admissions for high-context suspects.}, author = {Beune, Karlijn and Giebels, Ellen and Sanders, Karin}, citeulike-article-id = {5860131}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10683160802442835}, doi = {10.1080/10683160802442835}, journal = {Psychology, Crime \& Law}, keywords = {confidence, narrative, persuasion, police\_interviews, rationality, satisfaction, speech, testimony, texts, words}, number = {7}, pages = {597--617}, posted-at = {2009-09-30 15:55:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Are you talking to me? Influencing behaviour and culture in police interviews}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10683160802442835}, volume = {15}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5860131 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5860131 N2 - This study examines the relationship between two types of influencing behaviour in police interviews (<i>being kind</i> and <i>rational persuasion</i>) and three types of interview effectiveness, i.e. the suspects’ willingness to give a statement, their estimation of the quality of the relationship with the detective, and suspects’ admission. We expected that <i>being kind</i> and <i>rational persuasion</i> (arguments referring to logic and rationality) would have a different effect on suspects from cultures that tend to be direct and content-oriented (low-context cultures) versus cultures in which communication is more indirect and context orientated (high-context cultures). To examine this, experienced police detectives interviewed mock theft suspects from low-context (<i>n</i>=25) and high-context (<i>n</i>=27) cultures. As predicted, and particularly for high-context suspects, <i>being kind</i> in terms of <i>rewarding</i> and <i>offering</i> was positively related to the perceived quality of the relationship of the suspect, while <i>being kind</i> in terms of <i>active listening</i> behaviour was positively related to admissions. Furthermore, and as expected, there was a positive relationship between <i>rational persuasion</i> of the police detective and admissions for low-context suspects, but also a negative relationship between <i>rational persuasion</i> and admissions for high-context suspects. IS - 7 JF - Psychology, Crime & Law EP - 617 TI - Are you talking to me? Influencing behaviour and culture in police interviews PB - Routledge VL - 15 SP - 597 KW - confidence KW - narrative KW - persuasion KW - police_interviews KW - rationality KW - satisfaction KW - speech KW - testimony KW - texts KW - words AU - Beune, Karlijn AU - Giebels, Ellen AU - Sanders, Karin PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10683160802442835 ER -