Joel Rifkin, a notorious serial killer had killed seventeen prostitutes from 1989 to 1993. On June 28, 1993 he was interviewed my homicide detectives and a year later he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life. During the investigation he had been interviewed my homicide detectives that were in charge of the murder investigation. Interviewing is a fundamental skill that all members in justice related professions must be equipped with. Knowing how to effectively interview a victim or offender in a criminal case can go a long way. It can help establish important details that have occurred through the case and help law enforcement establish a modus operandi for the offenders. In any criminal investigation the best evidence in court is
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This is an example of a close-ended question. There are two ways in, which Rifkin could respond to this question, yes, or no. Rifkin goes on to answer with a yes. Safarkri inquires if his mom knows that he is doing the interview and Rifkin confirms that and goes on to tell Safarkri that she is not happy about him doing the interview and that his mother thinks that it will bring up the past, which is not a good thing. In this particular line of questioning Safarkri uses what is referred to as a swing question. A swing question is a yes or no question, yet the overall objective is the usage of this question is to dig further and discovered more details and to get more information out of the interviewee (Holmgren, 2017, p. 343). It is likely that Safarkris overall objective was to figure out if Rifkin’s mom approved of him doing the interview and he established she didn’t by using a swing …show more content…
In the interview between Rifkin and Safarkri, the FBI agent there are many instances in which Rifkin reflected and was asked many implied questions by Safarkri. At 23:00 Safarkri begins a line of questions regarding Rifkins feelings and how he felt after killing his first victim. Safarkri asked Rifkin a number of leading questions including if he though and or fantasized about his first victim. At 23:39 in the video Safarkri, takes his hands and directs them towards his eyes and indicated towards Rifkin that it appears that he is visualizing and “reliving” the murder he committed. By doing this Safarkri is showing Rifkin that he is actually listening which in return in making Rifkin satisfied that someone is truly interested in what he has to saw. Also, Safarkri is able to extract more information from Rifkin and is able to gather more detailed information about Rifkins thoughts and the initial murder and his motive behind it. At 27:03 Safarkri asked Rifkin if he liked it when he strangled on of his victims. I believe at this point in the line of questioning that Sadarkri could have done a better job reflecting on the question. After that question Sadarkri asked him if he liked it and how it made Rifkin feel. After those questions Rifkin looked extremely confused and he
This is an example of a close-ended question. There are two ways in, which Rifkin could respond to this question, yes, or no. Rifkin goes on to answer with a yes. Safarkri inquires if his mom knows that he is doing the interview and Rifkin confirms that and goes on to tell Safarkri that she is not happy about him doing the interview and that his mother thinks that it will bring up the past, which is not a good thing. In this particular line of questioning Safarkri uses what is referred to as a swing question. A swing question is a yes or no question, yet the overall objective is the usage of this question is to dig further and discovered more details and to get more information out of the interviewee (Holmgren, 2017, p. 343). It is likely that Safarkris overall objective was to figure out if Rifkin’s mom approved of him doing the interview and he established she didn’t by using a swing …show more content…
In the interview between Rifkin and Safarkri, the FBI agent there are many instances in which Rifkin reflected and was asked many implied questions by Safarkri. At 23:00 Safarkri begins a line of questions regarding Rifkins feelings and how he felt after killing his first victim. Safarkri asked Rifkin a number of leading questions including if he though and or fantasized about his first victim. At 23:39 in the video Safarkri, takes his hands and directs them towards his eyes and indicated towards Rifkin that it appears that he is visualizing and “reliving” the murder he committed. By doing this Safarkri is showing Rifkin that he is actually listening which in return in making Rifkin satisfied that someone is truly interested in what he has to saw. Also, Safarkri is able to extract more information from Rifkin and is able to gather more detailed information about Rifkins thoughts and the initial murder and his motive behind it. At 27:03 Safarkri asked Rifkin if he liked it when he strangled on of his victims. I believe at this point in the line of questioning that Sadarkri could have done a better job reflecting on the question. After that question Sadarkri asked him if he liked it and how it made Rifkin feel. After those questions Rifkin looked extremely confused and he