Planning ahead? An exploratory study of South Korean Investigators' beliefs about their planning for investigative interviews of suspects.

摘要

Preparation and planning has been argued to be vitally important as to how effectively\udinvestigators undertake their interviews with suspects. Yet it has also been found in previous\udresearch that investigators admit that they plan only occasionally, often attributing insufficient\udtime as reason for not undertaking the task. Employing a novel research paradigm that utilized\udtheoretical foundations concerning planning, the present study explored empirically 95 South\udKorean financial crime investigators’ views, using a self-administered questionnaire. Through\udthe use of second generation statistical modelling, an understanding was developed of the\udrelative relationships between various concepts (which had themselves emerged from an\udestablished theoretical framework of planning that had been further extended to accommodate\udthe context of the present study)\udThe study found that perceived time pressures actually showed a very low association with\udinterview planning. Rather, investigators self-belief as to their own capability alongside\udworkplace culture were each found to have stronger associations with investigators’ intentions\udto plan for their interviews. As such, we argue that there should be more focus on improving\udoccupational culture relating to interview planning, while developing training programs that\udidentify, evaluate and enhance investigators’ planning skills. Implications for practice are\udtherefore discussed.