Skillfully presenting evidence/information to suspects is one of the few interviewing techniques that increases the likelihood of guilty suspects providing information or making a confession, without making innocent ones do so as well. It is important that this evidence/information is correct, since deliberately disclosing incorrect evidence poses some risks. Also, in real-life interviews, police interviewers may unwittingly disclose incorrect evidence, for example when a witness was mistaken and provided the police with incorrect information. The present study examined the behavior of fifty police interviewers in interviews with “suspects” of a scripted crime: what is their response when the interviewees try to explain to them that some of the evidence/information just disclosed by them is incorrect? Eleven interviewers responded adaptively (by actively picking up on this new information), 35 responded in a neutral way and four responded maladaptively (by discrediting the interviewee’s claim). Experience and a full interview training had a significant negative relationship with adaptiveness. These results indicate that, when preparing and conducting interviews with suspects, greater awareness is needed of the possibility that some of the evidence/information that is to be disclosed could be incorrect, and therefore it is crucial that suspects’ responses which suggest such may be the case are taken into account.

巧妙地向嫌疑人提供证据/信息是少数几种可以增加有罪嫌疑人提供信息或供认的可能性的采访技巧之一，而不会让无辜的人也这样做。重要的是，这些证据/信息是正确的，因为故意披露不正确的证据会带来一些风险。此外，在现实生活中的采访中，警察采访者可能会在不知不觉中披露不正确的证据，例如，当证人弄错并向警方提供了不正确的信息时。本研究调查了 50 名警察采访者在采访有剧本的犯罪“嫌疑人”时的行为：当受访者试图向他们解释他们刚刚披露的某些证据/信息不正确时，他们的反应是什么？11 名采访者做出了适应性反应（通过积极地接受这一新信息），35 人以中立的方式做出了回应，4 人做出了不适应的反应（通过诋毁受访者的说法）。经验和全面的面试培训与适应性有显着的负相关。这些结果表明，在准备和与嫌疑人进行面谈时，需要更多地意识到要披露的某些证据/信息可能是不正确的，因此嫌疑人的回答可能表明这一点至关重要。案件被考虑在内。35 人以中立的方式回应，4 人不适应地回应（通过抹黑受访者的说法）。经验和全面的面试培训与适应性有显着的负相关。这些结果表明，在准备和与嫌疑人进行面谈时，需要更多地意识到要披露的某些证据/信息可能是不正确的，因此嫌疑人的回答可能表明这一点至关重要。案件被考虑在内。35 人以中立的方式回应，4 人不适应地回应（通过抹黑受访者的说法）。经验和全面的面试培训与适应性有显着的负相关。这些结果表明，在准备和与嫌疑人进行面谈时，需要更多地意识到要披露的某些证据/信息可能是不正确的，因此嫌疑人的回答可能表明这一点至关重要。案件被考虑在内。