Obtaining guilty knowledge in human intelligence interrogations: Comparing accusatorial and information-gathering approaches with a novel experimental paradigm
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
Substantial research has assessed interrogations seeking to obtain a criminal confession, and consequently much has been learned regarding the potential problems with confession evidence. However, an increasing focus on counter-terrorism, and therefore intelligence interrogations, reveals an obvious gap in the literature. Intelligence interrogations are primarily focused on collecting information from individuals as opposed to a confession linked to an alleged event, and little of the extant psychological literature can speak directly to such a scenario. The current research developed an experimental paradigm to test interrogation approaches in an intelligence-gathering context, providing a method for gathering empirical data on human intelligence collection. In the first implementation of this paradigm, accusatorial and information-gathering interrogation strategies were tested using a procedure high in psychological realism. Results indicate that an information-gathering approach yields more relevant information than an accusatorial approach and leads to more diagnostic impressions by third party observers. © 2013 Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Volume
2
Issue
2
First Page
83
Last Page
88
DOI
10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.03.002
Recommended Citation
Evans, J., Meissner, C., Ross, A., Houston, K., Russano, M. B., & Horgan, A. (2013). Obtaining guilty knowledge in human intelligence interrogations: Comparing accusatorial and information-gathering approaches with a novel experimental paradigm. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2 (2), 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2013.03.002
ISSN
22113681
