Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy

虽然国际上普遍认为，不限成员名额的警察面谈（例如，认知访谈（Cognitive Interview）提高了产出的数量和准确性，但也有充分的证据表明，警方调查人员经常偏离这些程序，以探索更多的信息。一种允许警察在评估可能的准确性的同时获得更多细节的目击者访谈方法不仅有可能被广泛采用，而且还将为调查犯罪和其他事件提供重大突破，因为访谈数据非常重要。这反过来将进一步提高澳大利亚（和英国）法医科学的形象。

Although there has been general international agreement that open-ended police interviews (e.g., the Cognitive Interview) enhance output quantity and accuracy, it is also well documented that police investigators often depart from these procedures in order to probe for additional information. An approach to eyewitness interviewing that allows police to elicit greater detail while able to assess likely accuracy not only has the potential to be widely adopted but would also provide a major breakthrough in the investigation of crimes and other incidents where interview data are so critical. This in turn would further enhance the profile of Australian (and UK) forensic science.