Videotaping interrogations: Effects on police, suspects, and juries

在涉及虚假供述的DNA无罪事件发生后，一些社会科学家建议采取电子记录整个审讯的政策。多年来，许多执法专业人员已经接受了这种做法。还有一些人表达了对警察、嫌疑人、法官和陪审团的不利影响的担忧。尽管这个问题很重要，但关于该主题的唯一研究包括对录音审讯的警察进行访谈的自我报告数据。总的来说，这些访谈表明警察自我报告的满意度很高。然而，这些数据因缺乏实际影响的客观衡量标准而受到限制。借鉴自我意识、责任感和社会感知的社会心理学理论，并在实验室和现场环境中采用多种方法，拟议的研究将解决有关录音审讯的假定影响的四个社会行为问题。目的是解决四个关键的行为问题：（1）视频记录揭示了警察审讯报告的记忆准确性的哪些内容以及可以使用录像带来提高其准确性吗？ (2) 录像是否会改变侦查人员审讯时的行为？ （3）审讯录像是否会对犯罪嫌疑人产生影响，例如限制其放弃米兰达权利、与警方交谈、提供口供等？ (4) 在包含口供证据的案件中，接触审讯录音和由这些录音提供的警方报告是否会提高事实调查的准确性或使陪审员产生偏见？鉴于拟议研究的积极政策相关性，希望所获得的结果将产生一系列广泛的影响，为及时的问题提供实证答案，推进科学在刑事司法系统中的运用，并为法律和社会科学的其他领域建立科学家/从业者合作的先例。

In the wake of DNA exonerations involving false confessions, a number of social scientists have recommended a policy of electronically recording entire interrogations. Over the years, many law enforcement professionals have embraced the practice. Yet others have expressed a concern about adverse effects on police, suspects, judges, and juries. Despite the importance of the issue, the only research on the subject consists of self-report data from interviews of police who have taped interrogations. In general, these interviews have shown that police self-report high levels of satisfaction. However, these data are limited by the absence of objective measures of actual impact.Drawing on social psychological theories of self awareness, accountability, and social perception, and employing a multi-method approach in both laboratory and field settings, the proposed research will address four social-behavioral questions concerning the presumed impact of recording interrogations. The objective is to address four key behavioral questions: (1) What does video recording reveal about the memorial accuracy of police reports of interrogations and can the tapes be used to increase their accuracy? (2) Does video recording alter the behavior of investigators during interrogation? (3) Does the video recording of interrogations affect suspects, for example, inhibiting the extent to which they waive Miranda rights, talk to police, and provide a statement? (4) Does exposure to interrogation tapes and police reports informed by these tapes increase fact-finding accuracy or bias jurors in cases containing confession evidence? In light of the active policy relevance of the proposed studies, it is hoped that the results obtained will have a range of broad impacts by providing empirical answers to timely questions, advancing the use of science in the criminal justice system, and modeling a scientist/practitioner collaborative precedent for other areas of law and social science.