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Witness testimony is of ten crucial to police investigations. In the early 1980s, therefore, two psychologists, R. Edward Geiselman and Ronald Fisher, set out to devise a set of interview procedures that would enhance the quantity and quality of information given by witnesses. The result of their research was a set of procedures they termed the cognitive interview.
Their approach included four main features:
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