The measurement and prediction of police interviewing performance and the dissemination of good practice through a distributive workplace learning system

这项研究旨在开发有史以来第一个衡量警察面试员表现的标准化指标，重点是关于性犯罪的面谈。标准化措施对于质量控制评估、确定培训需求、分配工作量、预测案例结果和标杆组织能力至关重要。这项研究将透过改善警方约谈有关性罪行的质素，提高性罪行的举报、检控和定罪率，对潜在的犯罪者起阻吓作用。此外，这项研究将通过提高能力和工作满意度来减轻证人和嫌疑人在法律程序中的压力，并减少警察面谈人员的职业倦怠。

This research aims to develop the first ever standardised measures of police interviewers' performance, focusing on interviews about sexual offences. Standardised measures are essential for quality control evaluation, identifying training needs, assigning workload, predicting case outcome and benchmarking organisation capabilities. By improving the quality of police interviews about sexual offences, this research will improve the reporting, prosecution and conviction rates of sexual offences, which will have a deterrent effect on potential offenders. Further, this research will reduce the stress of witnesses and suspects involved in the legal process and reduce burnout of police interviewers by increasing competency and job satisfaction.