What Is an Effectiveness Evaluation?

The technology of statement validity evaluation ^[1] has been supported by many studies. Through the accumulation of time, this technology has certain operability in western countries. The technology of statement validity evaluation distinguishes liars through non-verbal behavior analysis. It has better effects with non-liars. By using this technology, it can effectively help investigators to obtain more accurate information, thereby reducing the scope of investigation and improving the efficiency of investigation.

Statement validity assessment technique ^[1]

First developed in Sweden and Germany, first used in the field of child testimony. Because sexual crime cases often only have the testimony of the child, the judge sometimes finds it difficult to distinguish which of the two statements made by the child victim and the suspect is more reliable, and because there is a certain degree of authenticity about the child's testimony and the authenticity of the child's testimony. Prejudice, so that the legitimate rights and interests of many victims cannot be protected. In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of children, a technology developed to evaluate the authenticity of testimonies in the judicial field, namely the validity of statements, is used in Germany. After the evaluation technology has achieved some results, some states in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States have also used the technology. The Netherlands and the United States have used it in the criminal field. The United Kingdom is mainly used in the civil field, but it has not been used in the criminal field. ^[1]

Statement validity assessment technique ^[1]

The technology of statement validity evaluation ^[1] mainly includes three aspects: collecting statement content, analyzing statement content, and evaluating the results of content analysis. The analysis of statement content is the core of the technology, also known as standard-based content analysis. The evaluator examines whether the statement material has or does not meet the requirements of a reference standard. The more the format of the statement content conforms to the reference standard, the more accurate the statement is, and the more it can prove that the content of the statement comes from personal experience, not from fiction, the standard can be Divided into the following aspects, the higher the compliance with these standards.

1. General characteristics: General characteristics refer to the overall quality of maturity. For example, the content must be logically consistent, including the logical structure of discourse, unorganized statements, and the quality of details.

2. Specific content: The specific content contains cognitive evidence of real memory, such as those who can tell the truth will report more time and space information about the occurrence of the event.

3. Motivation-related content: Investigate whether participants exhibit behaviors that are inconsistent with honesty stereotypes. For example, people who tell the truth are more likely to spontaneously correct errors in their statements, and more likely to doubt the accuracy of their memory, including spontaneous witnesses. Correcting and acknowledging the lack of memory and doubting his testimony.