The effectiveness of cognitive interview in use with children has been demonstrated by Verkampt and Ginet (2010). They have investigated children's recall and suggestibility levels by measuring the usefulness of …show more content…
During the experiment, participants have viewed a film of a staged theft and then were interviewed using either the cognitive or the structured interview. The findings suggested that the correct memory recall of adults with intellectual disability can be enhanced by using the cognitive interview technique, without impacting on the accuracy or confabulation of information. Furthermore, when compared to the structured interview, it enhanced the correct recall of person, action and conversation, suggesting that adults with intellectual disability who have been victims of both physical and verbal crimes can benefit from it by being able to recall more details of the