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1. Translate the sentences.

1. One night during a burglary the victims woke up while the criminals were stealing valuable things.

2. Police forces across North America, who were using the “third degree” techniques to varying extents, started moving towards less oppressive and less aggressive methods of interrogating suspects.

3. The investigator will not be questioning suspects at this time tomorrow; he will be writing a report.

4. As the suspect was driving into the residential area of the businessman’s home, police stopped his car and made an arrest.

5. “Are you looking through the papers?”

   “No, I am not. I am writing a list of questions for interviewing witnesses.”

2. Make the sentences positive. Use the Present, Past or Future Continuous.

1.     They (to wait) for the officer with the evidence now.

2.     The jury (to consider) the verdict at this moment.

3.     The investigator (to show) evidence to the prosecutor when a stranger came in.

4.     The prosecutor (to study) the case for a week. (2 sentences are possible)

5.     He (to listen) to the witness tomorrow morning.

6.     He (to interview) witnesses for some hours tomorrow.

3. Make the sentences from task 2 negative. Use the Present, Past or Future Continuous.

4. Ask 1 general and 2–3 special questions to the following sentences.

1.     Private security is steadily increasing in our country.

2.     Qualitative changes were taking place during the police reform in Russia.

3.     Somebody was following her on her way home yesterday night and frightened her.

4.     Steve was driving fast when the accident happened.

5.     Students will be revising for their exam all day tomorrow.

5. Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

Example: Nick / when / was / happened / the road / crossing / the accident.

      Nick was crossing the road when the accident happened.

1. The lady / she / the street / cycling up / was / an accident / when / saw.

2. The suspect /and tall /, slim / wearing / he / was / with a hood / a black / winter coat / was.

3. I / to steal / that man / trying /my bag / is / think.

6. Translate the text using a dictionary.

The success of police interviews often depends on how well the witness and interviewer are interacting with each other. Ideally, the interviewer must gain the witness’s trust as someone who is concerned about the personal welfare of the witness and is not seen only as an evidence-gatherer. Second, the interviewer must convince the witness to generate a rich narrative description of the critical event and not merely provide brief answers to the interviewer’s questions.

Developing rapport

Witnesses and especially victims are often asked to give detailed descriptions of intimate, personal experiences to police officers who are complete strangers. Police interviewers should invest time at the outset of the interview to develop meaningful, personal rapport with the witness, a feature often absent in police interviews. Establishing rapport entails exploring links that bind the interviewer and the witness at a personal level, e.g. shared values, experiences and emotions, and especially those related to the critical event.

Active witness participation

The witness has extensive first-hand information about the target event. Therefore, the witness, and not the interviewer, should be doing most of the mental work during the interview. In practice, however, police investigators often dominate the interview by asking many questions and by asking questions that elicit only brief answers. To compound the problem, police interviewers often discourage witnesses from participating actively by interrupting them frequently. Interviewers can assist witnesses to take more active roles by: (1) explicitly instructing them to do so; (2) asking open-ended questions; and (3) not interrupting witnesses during their narrative responses.

7. Ask 1 general and 2–3 special questions to the underlined sentences (or parts of the sentences) in the text.