III. Practice and experience. 1. To obtain testimonial evidence an investigator has to deal with different types of people

1. To obtain testimonial evidence an investigator has to deal with different types of people. Here are some psychological types of witnesses indicated in scientific literature: 1)honest and cooperative witness; 2) silent, know-nothing, or uninterested witness; 3) hostile and deceitful witness; 4) timid or bashful witness; 5) talkative or boastful witness; 6) “under the influence” witness. [Weston and Wells, Criminal Investigation, 1985]

Try to characterize these types of witnesses. Explain why it is difficult/ easy/ necessary/ important to interrogate each type of witnesses even not interested.

2. Situation: you are at the scene of a crime. Explain the steps you’d take to collect evidence from a criminal case.

3. Investigator Ruse (хитрощі). React to the suspect’s words, he tries to hide the necessary information. Complete the dialogue:

- Please tell your story backward.

- I won’t do it. You ask me to do it because you want me to make a mistake.

- Mr. Stevenson, if you are innocent as you assert why not tell it? I just want to confirm your innocence. By the way what mistake do you mean?

-What would you say, we have found…

4. Give instructions to a young specialist how he should carry out an interrogation and what he shouldn’t do to get necessary information using the following key-expressions:

· to collect information (suspect: name, age, criminal history)

· to find out (a suspect, at a scene of a crime)

· to be a good listener

· to control emotions

· to hurry

· to show sympathy

· to blame society

· to be friendly

· to offer cigarettes

· to observe physical reaction

· to let the suspect tell…without interruption

· to confront with physical evidence

· to lie (physical evidence has been found…)

· to use unexpected questions

· to tell that anybody could do the same in the similar situation