Outline of Training:

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Training Synopsis: "Forensic Interviewing: From Reactive to Protection - Becoming the Advocate Through Rapport-Based Interviewing Tactics"

Overview

            This training introduces an innovative "advocate approach" to forensic interviewing that moves beyond traditional reactive methods toward a proactive, rapport-based strategy. Rather than promoting one specific interviewing technique, the presentation shares practical experience using advocacy as a persona to maximize the quality and depth of information gathered during interviews, ultimately informing stakeholders about actionable crime prevention strategies.

Key Learning Objectives

Objective 1: The Advocate Approach Development (30 Minuets)

• Explores shifting from a "catch the bad guy" mentality to an advocacy-based interviewing persona to maximize our understanding of the who, what, when, where, and why acting as antecedents towards employee criminal and deviant behavior
• Examines how human perception and senses impact forensic interviews
• Addresses sociocultural considerations in modern interviewing practices
• Case Study Analysis
• Introduces cognitive interviewing and trauma-informed approaches

Objective 2: Current Research Landscape (30 Minuets)

• Reviews cutting-edge research on interviewing and interrogation practices
• Highlights concerning statistics (26.2% false confession rates, 1.6-hour average interviews)
• Discusses evidence-based recommendations
• Explores how inconclusive forensic decisions can disadvantage innocent individuals. Using qualitative interviewing strategies to maximize the depth and richness of the qualitative data, reducing the risk of inconclusive forensic decisions

Objective 3: Future Directions and Q&A

• Special considerations for at-risk populations
• Q&A Session

Unique Features

• Case Study Analysis: Qualitative research revealing themes about how employers may inadvertently create conditions for employee criminality
• Antecedent-Focused Approach: Emphasis on understanding root causes rather than just identifying perpetrators
• Mental Health Awareness: Addresses the psychological impact on forensic interviewers

Target Outcomes

Participants will leave with practical tools for conducting more effective, ethical forensic interviews that uncover the underlying factors contributing to workplace financial crimes, enabling organizations to develop targeted prevention strategies by converting reactive forensic interviews into proactive data collection and theme development opportunities, moving beyond simply responding to incidents toward preventing future occurrences.

Ethical and Legal Considerations

            In accordance with ethical and legal considerations, the interviews presented in this case study are fictional reconstructions based on themes identified through actual forensic interviews. This methodology aligns with Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology (American Psychological Association, 2011), specifically section 8.04, which permits the use of case materials for teaching purposes when privacy is protected through disguising or reconstructing confidential information.

            This approach also adheres to the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice established by the International Association of Interviewers (IAI) for Certified Forensic Interviewers, which emphasizes conducting oneself in a manner that serves the cause of truth and justice, respecting the dignity of all individuals, accurately documenting information without bias or prejudice, and maintaining the highest level of professionalism while protecting confidential information obtained during interviews.

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Why won’t you prosecute my case.

• How to take a private investigation criminal.

How cases are referred to law enforcement.

• Types of cases
• Where do referrals come from.

Early investigation tips.

• Basic items to consider.
• Report writing.

Working with law enforcement.

• Where to take your case.
• Leveraging relationships.
• Law enforcement priorities.
• Replicate past successes.

Taking the case to the prosecutor.

• Considerations

Trial.

• Your role at trial.

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