Using avatars in investigative interviews with children

Sam Conway; Julie Gawrylowicz; Robin Sloan; Andrea Szymkowiak

Using avatars in investigative interviews with children

Sam Conway^*, Julie Gawrylowicz, Robin Sloan, Andrea Szymkowiak

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Abstract

Pre-recording best evidence using technology is an emerging priority for Police Scotland when interviewing children. Example technologies may include virtual characters (VCs), such as agents and avatars, wherein the forensic interview is conducted online with an interactive virtual representation of a real interviewer. VCs are effective for engaging young children who struggle with social cues or communicating in face-toface settings (Hsu & Teoh, 2017). VCs can elicit greater personal disclosure (Lucas & Gratch, 2014), increase eyewitness memory (Taylor & Dando, 2018), and are perceived as less judgemental than humans (Pickard et al., 2016).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SIPR annual report 2021/22
Subtitle of host publication	annual report and accounts 2021/22 for the academic year ending 31 August 2022
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Pages	64-64
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2022

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Conway, S , Gawrylowicz, J , Sloan, R & Szymkowiak, A 2022, Using avatars in investigative interviews with children. in SIPR annual report 2021/22: annual report and accounts 2021/22 for the academic year ending 31 August 2022. Scottish Institute for Policing Research, Edinburgh, pp. 64-64. <https://www.sipr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SIPR-Annual-report-2022-10.pdf>

Using avatars in investigative interviews with children. / Conway, Sam ; Gawrylowicz, Julie ; Sloan, Robin et al.

SIPR annual report 2021/22: annual report and accounts 2021/22 for the academic year ending 31 August 2022. Edinburgh : Scottish Institute for Policing Research, 2022. p. 64-64.

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