Interview and Interrogation

Course Description: Within an interview, as a communication event, the interviewer has a number of established goals: Gather data or information from the interviewee; Determine specifically if the interviewee is truthful and if not, identify the form of the deception; Transition the interviewee from unwilling to willing. Toward this end, the interviewer must have the ability to QUESTION. A question is an activating event. If the questioning strategy employed is not productive, then the interviewer must have the ability to use additional approaches until the strategy most appropriate to the interviewee is found. Once the interviewee begins to talk, the interviewer must be able to DETECT DECEPTION. The form of the deception and the specific elements of deception have to be identified. The interviewer must have more than a “feeling” that the interviewee is not truthful. This knowledge will lead the interviewer to the last necessary skill. If deception is detected, the interviewer must have the ability to GAIN COMPLIANCE. The interviewer must then be able to change the goal of the interviewee from deceptive to truthful, from unwilling to willing.

• Instructor: Blue Line Group
• Date: June 14-18, 2027
• Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
• Hours: 40
• Location: North Campus, Building N110, Room 213
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