TY - JOUR
T1 - The question of question types in police interviews: A review of the literature from a psychological and linguistic perspective
T2 - Question types in police interviews
AU - Oxburgh, Gavin
AU - Myklebust, Trond
AU - Grant, Tim
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The past two decades has seen a plethora of papers and academic research conducted on investigative interviews with victims, witnesses and suspected offenders, with a particular focus on questioning techniques and typologies. However, despite this research, there still remain significant discrepancies amongst academic researchers and practitioners over how best to describe types of questions. This article considers the available literature relating to interviews with children and adults from both a psychological and linguistic perspective. In particular, we examine how different types of questions are described, and explore the discrepancies between competing definitions.
AB - The past two decades has seen a plethora of papers and academic research conducted on investigative interviews with victims, witnesses and suspected offenders, with a particular focus on questioning techniques and typologies. However, despite this research, there still remain significant discrepancies amongst academic researchers and practitioners over how best to describe types of questions. This article considers the available literature relating to interviews with children and adults from both a psychological and linguistic perspective. In particular, we examine how different types of questions are described, and explore the discrepancies between competing definitions.
KW - investigative interviews
KW - question typologies
KW - legal language
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77956851383
U2 - 10.1558/ijsll.v17i1.45
DO - 10.1558/ijsll.v17i1.45
M3 - Article
SN - 1748-8885
VL - 17
SP - 45
EP - 66
JO - International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
JF - International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
IS - 1
ER -