Research suggests that those suspected of sexual offending might be more willing to reveal information about their crimes if interviewers display empathic behaviour. However, the literature concerning investigative empathy is in its infancy, and so as yet is not well understood. This study explores empathy in a sample of real-life interviews conducted by police officers in England with suspected sex offenders. Using qualitative methodology, the presence and type of empathic verbal behaviours displayed was examined. Resulting categories were quantitatively analysed to investigate their occurrence overall, and across interviewer gender. We identified four distinct types of empathy, some of which were used significantly more often than others. Female interviewers displayed more empathic behaviour per se by a considerable margin.

中文翻译：

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现场的移情：在对涉嫌性犯罪者进行信息采访时进行移情交流分类

研究表明，如果访问员表现出移情行为，那些涉嫌性犯罪的人可能更愿意透露有关其犯罪的信息。但是，有关调查移情的文献尚处于起步阶段，因此尚未得到很好的理解。这项研究从英格兰警察对涉嫌性犯罪者进行的现实生活访谈样本中探索了移情。使用定性方法，检查了所显示的共情言语行为的存在和类型。对产生的类别进行了定量分析，以调查其整体发生情况以及整个访调员的性别。我们确定了四种不同的共情类型，其中某些类型的使用频率明显高于其他类型。女面试官本身表现出更多的移情行为。