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Self-control

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is a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong, or something believed to have caused something bad

is a person who asks someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using special techniques, threats or violence.

is a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident.

is the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed a crime.

is something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility of choice.

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What is the open-ended question?

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This is a question that limits the scope of the answer. The witness will usually give a narrative answer.

This is a question that does not limit the scope of the answer. The witness will usually give a narrative answer.

This is a question that does not limit the scope of the answer. The witness does not have to give a narrative answer.

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What is the specific-closed question?

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This is a question that does not limit the scope of the answer. The witness will usually give a narrative answer.

This is a question which limits the scope of the answer. It is particularly useful when you are seeking to elicit a particular piece of information or detail from a witness.

This is a question which does not limit the scope of the answer. It is particularly useful when you are seeking to elicit a particular piece of information or detail from a witness.

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What is a leading question?

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It is the one that suggests or tends to suggest its own answer. It often assumes a fact that has not yet been established.

This is a question which limits the scope of the answer. It is particularly useful when you are seeking to elicit a particular piece of information or detail from a witness.

This is a question that does not limit the scope of the answer. The witness will usually give a narrative answer.

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What are the methods of a non-leading question?

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They are: to start your questions neutrally with one of the interrogatives and to think of the answer you don’t wish your witness to give and then omit any reference to the answer when framing the question.

They are: to start your questions neutrally with one of the interrogatives and to avoid thinking of the answer you wish your witness to give and then omit any reference to the answer when framing the question.

They are: to start your questions neutrally with one of the interrogatives and to think of the answer you wish your witness to give and then omit any reference to the answer when framing the question.

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What is a forced-choice question?

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It gives witnesses only a small number of alternatives from which they must choose and which may, in fact, not include the correct option.

This is a question which limits the scope of the answer. It is particularly useful when you are seeking to elicit a particular piece of information or detail from a witness.

This is a question that does not limit the scope of the answer. The witness will usually give a narrative answer.

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Interviewing a witness is different from interrogating a witness in that during an interview, … and get up and leave.

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the witness is in custody, and s/he (the witness) has no right to end the interview.

the witness is not in custody, and s/he (the witness) has a right to end the interview. 

the witness is not in custody, and s/he (the witness) has no right to end the interview. 

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If someone is being interrogated, s/he is in police custody, and they … .

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are not free to leave. 

are free to leave.

are sometimes free to leave.

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Interviewing a witness is different from interrogating a witness in that … , the witness is not in custody, and s/he (the witness) has a right to end the interview and get up and leave .

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during an investigation.

during interrogation.

during an interview.

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…, the police will shift into conducting an interrogation, at which point the suspect is no longer free to leave .

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If someone is interviewed and they become a suspect.

If someone is interviewed and they become a witness.

If someone is detained and they become a suspect.

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If someone is interviewed and they become a suspect, the police will shift into conducting an interrogation, at which point … .

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the suspect is free to leave any moment.

the suspect is no longer free to leave.

the suspect is no longer free to answer the questions.

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