ABSTRACT
This chapter begins the discussion of different interviewing techniques by highlighting their differences from the process of interrogation. Generally, an interview is a fact-gathering process that attempts to answer the questions who, what, where, when, how, and why. The talking during the interview, unlike during interrogation, is dominated by the victim, witness, or suspect,
who responds to questions posed by the interviewer. The interviewer might ask the suspect behavior-provoking questions to
determine his truthfulness by asking for interpretable behavior consistent with that of a truthful or deceptive individual. In doing so, the interviewer might determine if the interviewee is a suspect in the crime, thereby significantly narrowing the focus of the investigation.
