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The impact of investing in the good interviewers policy of practice (IGIpop) on police interviews with children
It is important to elicit the best evidence from children during investigative interviews. Many of
recent improvements (such as extensive training) are costly to implement preventing police
forces with small budgets from adopting them. A policy is needed that can benefit all forces
irrespective of their financial resources. We assessed a new approach: Investing in the Good
Interviewers: Policy of Practice (IGIpop). IGIpop suggests that all interviews should be
conducted using 'good' interviewers. In 2016 we evaluated the performance of interviewers in a
police force and identified the good interviewers. IGIpop was implemented in 2017 when five
good interviewers were chosen to conduct all of the interviews with children alleging sexual
abuse. We analysed 102 interviews and assessed how IGIpop impacted the quality of interviews.
As expected, appropriate interviewing approaches increased and inappropriate interviewing
approaches decreased after IGIpop. IGIpop achieved an important improvement in the quality of
interviews with no additional training or costs