The Behavioral Analysis Interview (BAI) is the only questioning method that has been developed
specifically to help investigators sort those who are likely to be ‘guilty’ from those who are
not. In its typical application the BAI is a pre-interrogation interview that is used to focus interrogational
effort; however, it also can be used independently in order to circumscribe investigative
efforts in those cases in which there is a fixed and relatively large number of ‘suspects’. In this
paper an overview of the BAI process is provided and the findings and limitations of the extant
bodies of field and laboratory research on the BAI are discussed. The paper concludes with suggestions
to guide future research on the BAI