Vredeveldt Annelies, Kesteloo Linda, van Koppen Peter J
VU University Amsterdam.
Crim Justice Behav. 2018 Jul;45(7):1071-1092. doi: 10.1177/0093854818771721. Epub 2018 May 10.
After witnessing an incident, police officers may write their report collaboratively. We examined how collaboration influences the amount and accuracy of information in police reports. Eighty-six police officers participated, in pairs, in a live training scenario. Officers wrote a report about the incident, either with their partner or individually. Reports by two officers working together (collaborative performance) contained less information than reports by two officers working individually (nominal performance), with no difference in accuracy. After the first report, officers who had worked individually wrote a collaborative report. Police officers who recorded their own memories prior to collaboration included less incorrect information in the collaborative report than police officers who wrote a collaborative report immediately after the incident. Finally, content-focused retrieval strategies (acknowledge, repeat, rephrase, elaborate) during the officers' discussion positively predicted the amount of information in collaborative reports. Practical recommendations for the police and suggestions for further research are provided.
在目睹一起事件后，警察可能会合作撰写报告。我们研究了合作如何影响警察报告中信息的数量和准确性。86名警察两两一组参与了一个现场培训场景。警察们就该事件撰写报告，要么与搭档一起，要么单独撰写。两名警察共同撰写的报告（合作表现）所包含的信息比两名警察单独撰写的报告（名义表现）要少，准确性方面没有差异。在撰写第一份报告后，单独工作的警察撰写了一份合作报告。在合作前记录自己记忆的警察在合作报告中包含的错误信息比事件发生后立即撰写合作报告的警察要少。最后，警察讨论过程中以内容为重点的检索策略（确认、重复、改写、详述）对合作报告中的信息量有积极的预测作用。文中为警方提供了实用建议以及进一步研究的建议。
