Training Investigative Interviewers

Client: Ching-Yu Soar Huang, Cambridge Alliance of Legal Psychology <soarhuang@gmail.com>

Investigative interviewing is a critical step in gathering evidence for any investigation. The types of questions posed by the investigators can make or break the accuracy of a witness' testimony. Therefore, investigators and legal professionals have to get specialised training and continuous feedback in order to keep up with best interview practice to secure best evidence. However, legal professionals and government organisations are typically working under limited resources. Your task is to build an easily accessible app for them to practice their questioning skills and get instant feedback (e.g., using large language models to detect question types and detect leading/suggestive practice) to help them continuously improve their practice beyond their training sessions. The data set you will be working with are (fully anonymised, of course) real-life child abuse cases investigative interview and court transcripts, which are extremely sensitive materials. So your contribution will really be making a difference for better justice!