The University of Nicosia is happy to announce an open lecture on “Improving the Interviewing of Suspects” by an international expert in the field of Investigative Interviewing Professor Ray Bull, on Wednesday, October 26th, at 18:30 at the UNESCO Amphitheatre on Main Campus.
ABOUT THE LECTURE
“RESEARCH ON IMPROVING THE INTERVIEWING OF SUSPECTS”
Investigation is at the heart of policing. To investigate is to gather information from a number of sources regarding an incident, and the interviewing of suspects, witnesses as well as victims is one of the core functions of investigation. Very often, the outcome of a case depends on the outcome of such interviews, and information gathering is one of the most valuable and at the same time difficult skills police officers can develop. Police ways of handling suspects’ interviewing have often been on the spotlight (mainly due to cases of miscarriages of justice), and as a result in many countries psychologists, including those who are also police officers, are involved in the development of investigative interviewing techniques with best practices based on findings from various empirical studies / research.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Ray Bull
Professor Ray Bull is President of the European Psychology and Law Association and a renowned expert in the fields of Forensic Psychology and Investigative Interviewing. With over 200 peer-reviewed research-based publications (authored/co-authored), he regularly acts as an expert witness in trials, and has been involved in the training of investigators in over 20 countries. In 2012 Professor Bull was made the first Honorary Life Member of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group. In 2010 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society “for the contribution made to the discipline of psychology” (this honour is restricted to 40 living psychologists). In 2008 he received from the European Association of Psychology and Law the ‘Award for Life-time Contribution to Psychology and Law’. In 2005 he received a Commendation from the London Metropolitan Police for “Innovation and professionalism whilst assisting a complex rape investigation”. His major research interest is the investigative interviewing of suspects, witnesses and victims, but he also conducts research on witness memory, including voice recognition.
