The impact of interviewer working hours on police interviews with children.

KYRIAKIDOU, Marilena, BLADES, Mark, CHERRYMAN, Julie, CHRISTOPHOROU, Stephanie and KAMPERIS, Andreas (2020). The impact of interviewer working hours on police interviews with children. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

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Abstract

Fatigue resulting from unpredictable or extended working conditions is a factor that negatively impacts the performance of police officers. In this study, we considered how investigative interviewing of children is influenced by interviewer working conditions. We examined two working conditions concerning when interviews were conducted: a) during early duty shift, b) an hour before the end of an interviewer’s duty shift and after the end of a shift. We analysed 102 police interviews with children and identified clues that interviews which commenced during early duty shift had more appropriate approaches than interviews in the other condition. Inappropriate approaches were not significantly affected by interviewer working conditions. These outcomes suggest considering new knowledge specific to the behaviour of interviewers according to working conditions and provide promising foundations for further research.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-020-09372-4
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2020 13:57
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 01:37
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25811

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