AIU Police Interviewing and Interrogation of Juvenile Suspects Analysis Essay As a social service practitioner for Child Protective services, I interview j

AIU Police Interviewing and Interrogation of Juvenile Suspects Analysis Essay As a social service practitioner for Child Protective services, I interview juveniles frequently for the child abuse allegation referrals received. Also, deal with juveniles with dual status meaning the juveniles are on probation and their family has dependency with CPS. With this scenario of the juvenile threatening a school community, I would read the report that brought the juvenile to the attention of the authorities. If there is no report, I would talk to the person who called and reported the threatening incident, and ask the individual what he or she knows about the juvenile. “The transition point for an investigator to move from interviewing a witness or victim to detaining and questioning the person as a possible suspect should occur when real evidence is discovered giving the investigator reasonable grounds to suspect that the person is involved in the event” (Cleary, 2014). I would speak to juvenile without approaching the juvenile as a criminal and coming off direct because that will not result in adequate information.

Interviews can take place in person, like face to face, via telephone, and in a group setting of offenders. In this scenario, it appears to be an intake interview. When juvenile first taken into custody by police, taken to an intake point where a probation officer or other intake staff makes an initial decision on how to proceed. It is important for an interviewer to develop rapport, which allows the juvenile to be at ease. If the juvenile’s ask questions in the interview, answer the questions without getting stuck for the whole interview. The interviewer should clearly communicate the purpose of the interview and ask open ended questions (Doran, Hohman & Koutsenok, 2013).

Rapport building questions:

1)What is your favorite subject in school?

This question will allow the interviewer to know if the juvenile is interested in school.

2)What are your hobbies that you enjoy doing with your friends?

This question will allow the interviewer to know if the juvenile is interested in different activities and friend circle, if he or she has one. Also, can get friends names to interview at a later time, to gain a better understanding of the juvenile.

3)What is your favorite family moment?

This question will allow the interviewer to know about the family dynamics.

References

Cleary, H. M. D. (2014). Police interviewing and interrogation of juvenile suspects: A descriptive

examination of actual cases. Law and Human Behavior, 38(3), 271–282. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1037/lhb0000070

Doran, N., Hohman, M., & Koutsenok, I. (2013). Motivational interviewing training in juvenile

corrections: A comparison of outside experts and internal trainers. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 18(2), 262–273. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1111/j.2…