Numerous miscarriages of justice have come to light in Indonesia that result from poor police interviewing practices. In response, Indonesian police are developing training in cognitive interviewing (CI), which serves as an international benchmark for witness interviewing practices. However, little is known about how Indonesian police investigators perceive different witness interviewing practices. Without this baseline data and the appropriate adaptation of CI to the Indonesian context, the new CI method might never be embraced by Indonesian police forces. The present study examines such data collected in a large-scale survey involving 222 Indonesian police investigators and supporting in-depth interviews with six police investigators. Findings indicate that Indonesian police hold positive attitudes towards some principles of CI, but nonetheless value their existing interviewing practices, which lack evidence-based techniques of questioning. We conclude that CI has potential, but the training needs to address practices that are inconsistent with good practice interviewing.

在印度尼西亚，由于警方讯问不当而导致的许多误判事件已经曝光。作为回应，印度尼西亚警方正在开展认知面谈 (CI) 培训，这是证人面谈实践的国际基准。然而，人们对印度尼西亚警方调查人员如何看待不同的证人面谈做法知之甚少。如果没有这些基线数据和 CI 对印度尼西亚语境的适当调整，印度尼西亚警察部队可能永远不会接受新的 CI 方法。本研究审查了在一项涉及 222 名印度尼西亚警察调查员的大规模调查中收集的此类数据，并支持对 6 名警察调查员的深入访谈。调查结果表明，印度尼西亚警方对 CI 的某些原则持积极态度，但仍然重视他们现有的采访实践，这些实践缺乏基于证据的提问技巧。我们得出结论，CI 具有潜力，但培训需要解决与良好实践面试不一致的实践。