ABSTRACT
Instead, my frame of reference is experience. While admittedly not all of it has been good, all of it was educational. That education leads me to believe that internal investigations and the investigative interviews that accompany them are here to stay. They are viable and effective tools. Specifically, investigative interviews enable the gathering of information not possible by any other means. Most importantly, investigative interviews are one of the few forms of investigation that is interactive. It not only permits one to learn what is going on, but why it is going on. Other than undercover, no other form of investigation is as revealing. So, while the other methods of investigation may come into and fall out of favor over time, I believe that investigative interviewing will remain the fact finder’s most effective investigative tool in the private sector.
