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SAULT COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS
AND TECHNOLOGY
SAULT STE.
MARIE, ONTARIO
COURSE
OUTLINE
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COURSE
TITLE:
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Interviewing
and Investigation (Police Foundations)
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CODE NO.
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OEL839
/ PFP304
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SEMESTER:
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PROGRAM:
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Police
Foundations
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AUTHOR:
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Jim
Euale, Bruce Johnson, Dr. Andrea Kohan
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DATE:
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May 2005
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PREVIOUS
OUTLINE DATED:
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Sept.
2003
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APPROVED:
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TOTAL
CREDITS:
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3
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PREREQUISITE(S):
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HOURS/WEEK:
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14
Weeks
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TOTAL
CREDIT HOURS: 48 |
Copyright
©2004 The Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
Reproduction of this document
by any means, in whole or in part,
without prior written permission of Sault College of Applied Arts &
Technology is prohibited.
For additional information, please contact the Dean
School of Health and Human Services
Sault College (705)759-2554
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I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students develop
the interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from victims, witnesses
and suspects. They also learn the basic steps of investigation including the
practical development of note taking and observation skills.
II.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ELEMENTS OF THE PERFORMANCE:
Relationship To Program Learning Outcomes
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Police Foundations Vocational Outcomes
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Generic Skills
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- Act in a manner consistent with all relevant law and legislation,
and professional, organizational, and ethical standards.
- Document, prepare, and assist in the presentation of court cases in
compliance with criminal and provincial law, rules of evidence, and
the Charter of Rights and Freedom.
- Initiate, promote, and facilitate partnerships to meet community policing
and security needs.
- Assess the relationship of policing services to other participants
in the criminal justice system and other community service agencies.
- Assess information gathering skills used in basic investigative techniques.
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- Communicate clearly, concisely, and correctly in the written, spoken,
and visual form that fulfills the purpose and meets the needs of audiences.
- Use a variety of computer hardware and software and other technological
tools appropriate and necessary to the performance of tasks.
- Evaluate her or his own thinking throughout the steps and processes
used in problem solving and decision making.
- Collect, analyse, and organize relevant and necessary information
from a variety of sources.
- Create innovative strategies and/or products that meet identified
needs.
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Upon successful
completion of this course, you will demonstrate the ability to:
- Extract and gather information utilizing professional and ethically accepted
interviewing techniques.
- Interview individuals and groups to collect evidence, elicit, and validate
information.
- Comply with provincial, civil, and criminal law and use rules of evidence
to guide investigation and interactions, and to ensure admissibility of
evidence.
- Select the most appropriate technique in a variety of situations in order
to extract information.
- Influence or persuade others using a variety of communication strategies
or techniques.
- Use communication strategies, techniques, and language to meet the needs
of an individual or group.
- Evaluate the results of communication and adapt subsequent communication
strategies.
- Apply Charter provisions and judges rules when obtaining admissions/confessions
in the interview process.
- Comply with provincial, civil, and criminal law and use rules of evidence
to guide investigation and interactions, and to ensure admissibility of
evidence.
- Interview individuals and groups to collect evidence, elicit, and validate
information.
- Apply basic communication skills in the area of listening and speaking
and recognize the significance of body language and environment in the interview
process.
- Collect, analyse, and synthesize information through observation, research,
and consultation.
- Record statements and observations accurately and objectively.
- Develop effective observation and interview skills.
- Record investigative notes in compliance with legal and ethical standards.
- Apply provincial and federal standards, regulations, and rules to professional
conduct.
- Adhere to professional code of ethics.
- Comply with provincial, civil, and criminal law and use rules of evidence
to guide investigation and interactions, and to ensure admissibility of
evidence.
- Interview individuals and groups to collect evidence, elicit, and validate
information.
- Record statements and observations accurately and objectively.
- Identify appropriate sources of information relative to investigative needs.
- Protect confidentiality of information.
- Respect the legal rights of others.
- Behave in an empathetic, respectful, and understanding manner.
- Progress through the basic sequential steps of an investigation.
- Analyse personal and collective conduct related to ethical challenges
that arise in various work situations.
- Adhere to professional code of ethics.
- Respect the legal rights of others.
- Describe crime scene procedures used for securing, searching, recording,
collecting, and preserving evidence.
- Comply with provincial, civil, and criminal law and use rules of evidence
to guide investigation and interactions, and to ensure admissibility of
evidence.
- Apply knowledge of court jurisdictions in various situations (e.g.,
foreign warrants, extradition, First Nations policing).
- Interview individuals and groups to collect evidence, elicit, and validate
information.
- Construct and apply descriptive factors for identification of suspects
and other persons.
- Use questioning techniques to gather, clarify, and validate information.
- Record statements and observations accurately and objectively.
- Develop effective observation and interview skills.
How learners might demonstrate their learning achievement of course learning
outcomes:
Case study analysis
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Critical Knowledge and Skills
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Suggested Resources
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Suggested Learning Activities
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- How to apply knowledge of different strategies of information retrieval.
- Construct, for implementation purposes, a description for suspects
or others using PARL'E
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Euale, J., Turtle, J., Interviewing and Investigation. Edmond
Montgomery
Arcaro, Gino, Criminal Investigation, Forming Reasonable Grounds.
McGraw-Hill
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III.
REQUIRED
RESOURCES/TESTS/MATERIALS:
Euale, J., Turtle, J. Interviewing and Investigation. (1999). Emond
Montgomery Publications.
This course requires the use of a video camera. It is the student's responsibility
to video tape an interview.
IV.
EVALUATION PROCESS/GRADING SYSTEM:
Mid-Term Exam (Chapters 1-3)(online)
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30% |
Interview Videotape
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30% |
Final Exam (Chapters 4-6)(paper-based)
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40% |
Total
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100% |
Your registering college will convert
the percentage grade to the letter grade.
V.
SPECIAL NOTES:
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If you are a student with special needs (e.g. physical limitations, visual
impairments, hearing impairments, or learning disabilities), please identify
your needs to the tutor and/or the Centre for Students with Disabilities
at your registering college.
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It is the responsibility of the student to retain all course outlines for
possible future use for transfer of credit to other postsecondary institutions.
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Course Outline Amendments: The Professor reserves the right to change the
information contained in this course outline depending on the needs of the
learner and the availability of resources.