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===BAIL===
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===Bail===
 
   
 
   
 
What finances do you have for bail?  
 
What finances do you have for bail?  
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== ASKING QUESTIONS ==
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== Asking Questions ==
 
   
 
   
 
===1. Open and Closed Questions===
 
===1. Open and Closed Questions===
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In this example, the witness has a specific meaning for the word "beat" (hitting using one's fists) that the interviewer needed to clarify.
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'''REFLECTING'''
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Reflective dialogue, or mirroring, is the immediate repetition of part of the conversation, which allows what has just been said to be adjusted or confirmed.
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!Witness
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!Interviewer
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|I never knew my father.  Well, I kind of did, but that was later. I met him once with my cousin, and she said, that's your father
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|You didn't grow up with your father?
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|Right, he never even saw me
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| Who told you that your father never saw you as a baby?
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|My mom
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|But your family knew who he was
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|Oh yes, they knew.  Of course they knew.  Only I didn't know.
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|You said you met him with your cousin?
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|Yes, once in Murshidabad.
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|Tell me about that.
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== Conclusion ==
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Interviewing requires mutual communication.  Although your goal is to gather information, you, the interviewer, are also unconsciously and consciously communicating a great deal of information to the witnesses through your words, your clothing, your body language and facial expressions, and the types of questions you ask.  It is essential that you refrain from using judgmental or critical language, whether verbal or non- verbal.
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See [[India | India Criminal Defense Manual]]
  
 
== References ==
 
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