The Behavioral Analysis Interview: Clarifying the Practice, Theory and Understanding of its Use and Effectiveness

• Authors: Horvath Frank , Blair J. P. , Buckley Joseph P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Behavioral Analysis Interview (BAI) is the only questioning method that has been developed specifically to help investigators sort those who are likely to be ‘guilty’ from those who are not. In its typical application the BAI is a pre-interrogation interview that is used to focus interrogational effort; however, it also can be used independently in order to circumscribe investigative efforts in those cases in which there is a fixed and relatively large number of ‘suspects’. In this paper an overview of the BAI process is provided and the findings and limitations of the extant bodies of field and laboratory research on the BAI are discussed. The paper concludes with suggestions to guide future research on the BAI.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
• Journal: European Polygraph
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2(4)
• Pages: 113-138

Contributors

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Horvath Frank

• Michigan State University

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Blair J. P.

• Texas State University

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Buckley Joseph P.

• John E. Reid and Associates Inc.