Eyewitness testimonies play an important role in the legal system, should it go wrong, then serious repercussions could occur.
The Cognitive Interview technique is a questioning technique that police use enhance the retrieval of information from witnesses who have witnessed a crime. It encourages the witness to recreate the original context in order to increase the accessibility of stored information.
By improving the effectiveness of questioning witnesses in police interviews we can improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimonies.
