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The present chapter details the historical and conceptual evolution of a new paradigm in statement analysis that has developed over the past 20 years. There has been an increasing awareness of the importance of interviewing designed to facilitate the detection of deception as a necessary component of statement analysis (Colwell, Hiscock, & Memon, 2002; Hartwig & Bond, 2011; Hernández-Fernaud & Alonso-Quecuty, 1997; Koehnken, Schimossek, Ascherman, & Hofer, 1995; Vrij, Fisher, Mann, & Leal, 2006). Subsequently, the work of multiple researchers has created a zeitgeist that has nurtured and informed the development of this new paradigm. This chapter begins by providing a quick overview of the various lines of research that comprise this paradigm. Attention is then given to credibility assessment and statement content criteria that discriminate honest from deceptive responding. Then, the focus is on strategies of impression management and the subjective experience of respondents during an investigative interview. This sets the stage for a discussion of investigative interviewing structure and techniques that facilitate the detection of deception through the process of differential recall enhancement (DRE: Colwell et al., 2012). Finally, this chapter considers in detail an approach to interviewing and assessment that is representative of the new paradigm.
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Notes
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In the symptom-validity approach to malingering, respondents who are motivated often perform worse-than-chance on two-alternative, forced-choice tests.
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The Reality Interview was called the Inferential Interview in its original article (Colwell et al., 2002). However, many readers thought that inferential meant untrained, in that the group inferred their own style of interviewing. This was not correct, and the name was changed to avoid later confusion.
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This chapter is concerned with verbal behavior, and this statement regarding difficulties in obtaining baselines during recall of innocuous events only applies to verbal behavior, and not to nonverbal behavior.
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The authors suggest using an expanded version of coherence with children. For children, whether they disclose sensitive information should be scored as a “yes or no.” In addition, the number of serious contradictions should be counted.
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Colwell, K., Hiscock-Anisman, C., Fede, J. (2013). Assessment Criteria Indicative of Deception: An Example of the New Paradigm of Differential Recall Enhancement. In: Cooper, B., Griesel, D., Ternes, M. (eds) Applied Issues in Investigative Interviewing, Eyewitness Memory, and Credibility Assessment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5547-9_11
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