Mastering Interviews with the PEACE Technique
This course explains a five-stage process in which investigators try to build rapport and allow a criminal suspect to provide their account of events uninterrupted, before presenting the suspect with any evidence of inconsistencies or contradictions.
Duration: 1 Day
Hours: 1 Hour
Training Level: All Level
About the Course:
The objectives and scope of investigations vary widely, but their overriding purpose is always to find out the relevant facts. Each investigation may be unique and handled differently, following standard techniques can help you investigate in a fair, transparent, and consistent manner.
Course Objective:
- To identify how to establish rapport with a witness.
- To understand that accusatory interrogation techniques with witnesses are ineffective and undermine a speak-up culture.
- To use cognitive interviewing skills to gather reliable evidence from a witness without contaminating that evidence with the interviewer’s own perspectives.
Who is the Target Audience?
- Lawyers, HR professionals, compliance officers and anyone else who conducts workplace investigations.
Basic Knowledge:
- No prior knowledge is required
Curriculum
Total Duration: 1 Hour