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The cognitive interview

Ronald P. Fisher was one of the initial developers of this method which is used to enhance eyewitness memory. Here he summarises his work

cognitive interview, eyewitness testimony

On television, beautiful and handsome police investigators solve crimes by conducting high-tech analysis of blood stains, spent bullet cartridges and fingerprints — but that is television. In real life, ordinary-looking police detectives solve crimes by asking eyewitnesses ‘What happened?’ Unfortunately, eyewitnesses often do not provide enough information for the police to solve the crime.

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