Interview Assignment Explanation Sheet
Interview face to face, but you may also conduct them by phone or email. No more than two email interviews are allowed.
Interview criminal justice practitioners who conduct interviews and/ or interrogations.
Examples include:
-Private practicing attorney (civil or criminal defense). Be sure to ask about “depositions,” which are formal recorded interviews that attorneys conduct to gather evidence; trail testimony; and client/witness interviews.
-federal, state, or local prosecutor
– federal, state, or local law enforcement officer such as FBI agents, state trooper, deputy sheriff, game warden, marine police, municipal/ university policeman, fire department investigator, DHS, etc
– Corrections officer
– Victim advocate or counselor
– Private investigator
– Private security officer (example; loss prevention officers, security personnel who interact with the public or suspects, etc)
– Corporate/business security professional
– Community corrections officer
– Insurance investigator
– Fraud investigator
-mental health professionals who counsel victims or offenders
– Police dispatchers who answer citizens calls (be sure this interviewee actually has enough interactions with callers so that you can complete all of the required portion of the report)
You should interview only one person from such a position. For example you cannot interview five different municipal police officers who perform the same job. (You may interview multiple persons from the same department if they perform different jobs. Example you may interview a patrol officer a detective, internal affairs officer and a supervisor, etc. from the same department). However you can interview a municiplal police officer, a deputy sheriff, a state trooper, and any other law enforcement.
1. Introductory information on the interview you performed
2. Background information about your interviewee
3. The typical type of interview your interviewee encounters
4. The purpose of the interviews the interviewee conducts
5. How your interviewee prepares for interviews
6. The location where the interviews are typically conducted
7. Who is typically present in the interview (on both sides)
8. The techniques or strategy for beginning opening or starting an interview
9. The techniques used in the interview to gain information
10. How the interview is recorded, both during (electronically, notes) and afterwards
11. The techniques or strategy for closing or ending an interview
12. How resistance during the interview is overcome
13. How your interviewee detects and responds to deception
14. There is also a conclusion to the report, but you probably will not need to ask the interviewee questions to complete this portion
Please see attach samples.
