Cunial Kimberley J, Casey Leanne M, Bell Clare, Kebbell Mark R
School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2018 Dec 17;26(2):252-273. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1504241. eCollection 2019.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in youth witnesses, victims and suspects can significantly impact the investigative interviewing process. In this study, 102 Child Protection Investigation Unit (CPIU) detectives were asked to read four vignettes of adolescents being interviewed by police, two as witnesses and two as suspects, in which one witness and one suspect display ADHD-type behaviour. The detectives rated the degree to which the behaviour in each vignette would impact the interviewer's ability to use the 10 key components of the cognitive interview (CI). They perceived ADHD-type interviewee behaviour as significantly hampering the use of all 10 CI components. There is also a significant difference between the detectives' rated severity of each CI component; they rated Encourage Concentration, Mentally Recreate and Change Order as exerting the strongest impact on the interview process. Implications for police perceptions of training options, needs and preferences regarding interviewing youth with ADHD are discussed.
青少年证人、受害者及嫌疑人中的注意力缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)会对调查询问过程产生重大影响。在本研究中,102名儿童保护调查组(CPIU)的侦探被要求阅读四段青少年接受警方询问的短文,其中两段是作为证人,两段是作为嫌疑人,其中一名证人和一名嫌疑人表现出ADHD类型的行为。侦探们对每段短文中的行为会影响面试官运用认知询问(CI)的10个关键要素的程度进行了评分。他们认为ADHD类型的被询问者行为会严重妨碍所有10个CI要素的运用。此外,侦探们对每个CI要素的严重程度评分也存在显著差异;他们认为“鼓励集中注意力”“心理重现”和“改变顺序”对询问过程的影响最大。本文还讨论了警方对采访患有ADHD的青少年的培训选择、需求和偏好的看法。