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This book explores cutting-edge research that focuses specifically on these adults including their cognitive needs and psychological vulnerabilities, the impact on the investigative interview, and existing legislation, guidance and practice.
List of contents
Chapter One: From Interrogation to Investigative Interviewing: A Historical Overview
Chapter Two: What Does It Mean? The Concept of Vulnerability within the Criminal Justice System
Chapter Three: The Vulnerable Suspect and the Criminal Justice System: Identification, Safeguards, and Diversion
Chapter Four: The Role of the Appropriate Adult: Passivity v Intervention
Chapter Five: The Vulnerable Suspect: The Impact on the Investigative Interview
Chapter Six: A Paradigm Shift: One Size Does Not Fit All?
Chapter Seven: New Directions: Implications and Future Research
About the author
Laura Farrugia is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Forensic Psychology at the University of Sunderland and also works as a Registered Intermediary (accredited by the Ministry of Justice), assisting with vulnerable victims/witnesses at the police interview and trial stage. Her research looks at how individuals with mental health conditions and disorders are perceived within the Criminal Justice System and the role of Appropriate Adult during interviews with vulnerable suspects, as well as false confessions and miscarriages of justice. Her work focuses strongly on the investigative interviewing of vulnerable individuals. In addition, she examines the way that police officers evaluate their own interviews. Dr Farrugia is one of the founding members of the Forensic Interview Trace.
Summary
This book explores cutting-edge research that focuses specifically on these adults including their cognitive needs and psychological vulnerabilities, the impact on the investigative interview, and existing legislation, guidance and practice.
