Evaluating the benefits of a rapport-based approach to investigative interviews: A training study with law enforcement investigators.

2021/02/01 by Laure Brimbal, Christian A. Meissner, Steven M. Kleinman +7
Psychology · #Deception detection and forensic psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/lhb0000437

Abstract

We demonstrated that rapport-based interview tactics could be successfully trained and that using such tactics can facilitate perceptions of rapport and trust, reduce individuals' resistance to cooperate, and increase information yield. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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