police officers in the U.K. to judge complainants who received a CI to be more credible than witnesses who received a standard interview (Westera, Kebbell, & Milne, 2011). There also is reason to believe that the witnesses themselves will view their experience of being interviewed more favorably (Fish

s (Force Science News, 2011, #169). Offsetting these successes, British police reported that the complete CI was sometimes difficult to implement (Kebbell, Milne, & Wagstaff, 1999; Kebbell & Wagstaff, 1996). Officers interviewed by these researchers reported that they found it difficult to communicate

eceived training on the CI incorporate some, but not all elements of the CI, into any given one of their interviews (Dando, Wilcock, & Milne, 2009; Kebbell, Milne, & Wagstaff, 1999). The CI protocol is divided into five sections. Although this is the conventional sequence, interviews invariably will de

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