The Cognitive Interview

are richest in relevant information and to facilitate communication when these mental records have been activated. The recommended questioning sequence, which is common to the Step-wise method (Yuille, Hunter, Joffe, & Zaparniuk, 1993) and the Memorandum of Good Practice (Home Office, 2002), is to progress from asking open-ended questions to more specific follow-up probing questions. ................
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