About the Paper

Investigative interviewing has a continually expanding research base both in the UK and internationally, but whilst research into general areas of witness evidence proliferates in all its various guises, the examination of witness testimony specifically in respect of police incidents is still relatively limited. Research does exist which has the potential to 'feed' into the subject of witness testimony in respect of police incidents, for example, the affects of emotional or traumatic events on witnesses, problems with identification testimony and the examination of weapon focus to peripheral memory, to name but a few.

About Justine Lewis

Justine graduated with a LLB in 1995 and a MSc in Clinical Criminology with the University of Leicester in 2006, during which her research focused on the use of the PEACE model during interviews carried out by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Justine is currently working towards her PhD. under the supervision of Professor Ray Bull and Dr Darrick Jolliffe at the University of Leicester.

She has been an investigator with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (Central Region) since its inception in 2004, and has been involved in investigating a number of high profile cases involving HM Revenue and Customs and Police. These cases involve the examination of both high level misconduct and criminal matters from their first referral through to the conclusion of discipline and/or criminal proceedings, as appropriate, in court.