Pre-course material

• Required reading about PACE, PEACE and interview protocols
• Delegates will be required to conduct a witness interview (real of simulated) before attendance on the course.

Course Content

• Structuring interviews using  the PEACE model
• Cognitive interviewing versus conversation management
• Principles of investigative interviewing
• Planning for an interview
• Witness interviews
• Interviews under caution
• PACE Codes of Practice C & E
• Interviewing vulnerable people
• Recording the interview
• Completing MG 11 and MG 15 forms
• Evaluating interviews
• Practical interview with professional role actor and debrief
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Assessment

• One multiple choice objective choice test
• A case study assignment where the delegate debriefs the interview conducted on the course, showing what they have learned and identifying areas for improvement.