Purpose

Police invest significant time, energy and resources to equip officers with the skills required to conduct effective investigative interviews. However, transferring those skills acquired or developed in a training environment for application in the police workplace is a journey fraught with impediments and diversions. Invariably, the quality and amount of skills transferred and applied on the job represent a paltry return on resource investment. This research explores the factors that impact the transfer of investigative interviewing skills from the training environment to the police workplace.

Design/methodology/approach

Interviews with 40 officers, both uniformed and plain-clothes, were conducted to explore the influences on and impediments to effective skill transfer. Data were inductively analysed and thematically pattern-matched with existing research findings in the adult training domain.

Findings

Results indicate that trainee motivation, perceptions of training relevance, perceptions of training quality and preparedness to conduct the task as trained directly and indirectly influence the degree to which investigative interviewing skills transfer from the training environment to the police workplace.

Originality/value

This is original research in a domain that has previously received limited academic attention. An awareness of the factors that negatively impact on the transfer of acquired skills and ways to mitigate or ameliorate the detrimental effects are likely to assist police trainers and workplace managers to improve transfer rates and get more outcome value for the money, time and effort invested in training regimes.

中文翻译：

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警务中的调查性访谈技巧：检查将培训转化为工作场所实践

目的

警方投入大量时间、精力和资源，让警官具备进行有效调查面谈所需的技能。然而，将在培训环境中获得或发展的技能转移到警察工作场所是一个充满障碍和转移的旅程。在工作中转移和应用的技能的质量和数量总是代表着资源投资的微不足道的回报。本研究探讨了影响调查采访技能从培训环境转移到警察工作场所的因素。

设计/方法/方法

对 40 名穿制服和便衣的官员进行了访谈，以探讨对有效技能转移的影响和障碍。数据经过归纳分析，并与成人培训领域的现有研究结果进行主题模式匹配。

发现

结果表明，受训者的动机、对培训相关性的看法、对培训质量的看法以及执行培训任务的准备情况直接和间接影响调查采访技能从培训环境转移到警察工作场所的程度。

原创性/价值

这是在以前受到有限学术关注的领域中的原创研究。了解对已获得技能的转移产生负面影响的因素以及减轻或改善不利影响的方法，可能有助于警察培训师和工作场所管理人员提高转移率，并在投入的金钱、时间和精力方面获得更多的结果价值培训制度。