ABSTRACT The Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique is a promising suspect interviewing approach that takes the potentially incriminating information against a suspect (i.e., the evidence) into account and aims at actively eliciting diagnostic cues to deception and truth. The technique was successfully tested in multiple research studies and has been introduced to practitioners in different parts of the world (including Germany). However, not much is known about German police officers’ state of practice, their knowledge, as well as how they perceive and evaluate SUE. The current survey study is the first attempt to generate knowledge on this topic by collecting data from police officers from the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. The majority of police officers kept a balance between applying non-standardized/standardized interviewing approaches, discussing preplanned/spontaneous themes in the interview and making analytical/gut decisions on when and how to use evidence during suspect interviews. Regarding their suspect interviewing training, only a minority of the officers reported to have received training on how to use evidence during an interview. These findings – in combination with the observation that the majority of the officers did not see potential obstacles with the applicability of the SUE technique – suggest a major untapped potential of strategic evidence disclosure techniques within current suspect interviewing in Germany.

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潜力尚未开发？与德国警官进行的调查研究，调查嫌疑人的采访做法和证据的战略运用

摘要战略性使用证据（SUE）技术是一种很有前途的犯罪嫌疑人访谈方法，该方法考虑了针对犯罪嫌疑人（即证据）的潜在犯罪信息，旨在积极地提供有关欺骗和真相的诊断线索。该技术已在多项研究中成功测试，并已介绍给世界各地（包括德国）的从业人员。但是，对于德国警察的执业状况，知识以及他们如何看待和评估SUE知之甚少。当前的调查研究是通过从石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州和汉堡州的警务人员收集数据来获得有关此主题的知识的首次尝试。大多数警官在采用非标准化/标准化的采访方法，在采访中讨论预先计划/自发的主题以及就可疑采访中何时以及如何使用证据做出分析/胆量决策之间保持平衡。关于他们的犯罪嫌疑人面试培训，只有少数官员报告说在面试过程中接受了如何使用证据的培训。这些发现与大多数官员没有发现SUE技术适用性的潜在障碍相结合，表明在德国目前的犯罪嫌疑人采访中，战略证据披露技术具有巨大的未开发潜力。在访谈中讨论预先计划/自发的主题，并对可疑访谈期间何时以及如何使用证据做出分析/胆量决策。关于他们的犯罪嫌疑人面试培训，据报告只有少数警官接受了关于如何在面试中使用证据的培训。这些发现与大多数官员没有发现SUE技术适用性的潜在障碍相结合，表明在德国目前的犯罪嫌疑人采访中，战略证据披露技术具有巨大的未开发潜力。在访谈中讨论预先计划/自发的主题，并对可疑访谈期间何时以及如何使用证据做出分析/胆量决策。关于他们的犯罪嫌疑人面试培训，据报告只有少数警官接受了关于如何在面试中使用证据的培训。这些发现与大多数官员没有发现SUE技术适用性的潜在障碍相结合，表明在德国目前的犯罪嫌疑人采访中，战略证据披露技术具有巨大的未开发潜力。