OverviewMost people believe they can tell when someone is lying, especially if it is someone they know, such as their child, spouse, or a friend. And they probably can. However, they might not have the ability to detect whether someone is telling the truth, is being deceptive, or is lying when conducting an investigative interview training and sitting across from the person for the first time. And if they can, they might not be able to articulate how they reached their conclusion. It is critical that skilled investigator training makes you conduct legally acceptable interviews, evaluate the responses, and be able to articulate their conclusions for the official record. Why Should You AttendInterviewing is not a peripheral task when conducting an investigation. Interview skills is a critical component of an investigation. Investigative Information is gleaned from a variety of sources, i.e. computer data, documents, trace evidence, and of course people. It is people who commit crimes and possess information to assist in the investigative outcome. It is people who have motivations to lie or tell the truth. It is imperative that skilled interviewers are able to follow established best practice interview steps combined with the ability to detect truth, deception, and lies. Of course the main objective of an interview is to obtain the truth. To reach this objective it is important that the interviewer utilize learned skills to be able to detect whether the interviewee is truthful, deceptive, or lying. If you conduct investigative interviews, you will benefit from this webinar. This webinar will teach you to think of interviewing as a craft. This webinar will provide you with the tools to ensure that you are giving the interviewee every opportunity to tell the truth. This is accomplished by following established best practices, including interview proxemics, building rapport and trust, and formulation properly phrased questions so as to best detect the truth, deception, and lies by evaluating verbal, non-verbal, and paralinguistic behavior.Areas Covered In This WebinarWhat Motivates Interviewees to be untruthful or deceptiveWhat Motivates an Interviewee to be truthful Established Best Practice Interview StepsArranging the InterviewProper IntroductionsBuilding Rapport Properly Phrased QuestionsEvaluating Responses for truthfulness, deception, or Lies. (Verbal, Non-Verbal, Paralinguistic)Methods to obtain the truth if deception and untruthfulness is detected Learning ObjectivesUnderstanding the Craft of InterviewingLearning Best Practice Interview StepsHow to Build RapportHow to Properly Phrase QuestionsHow to Evaluate ResponsesHow to follow-up when Deception or Untruthfulness is detected. Who Will BenefitInvestigatorsAuditorsFraud ExaminersHR EmployeesLabor Relation EmployeesAttorneysLevelIntermediate