Part I: Perspectives 1. Introduction 2. A Different Path Part II: Establishing Principles 3. Cognitive Evidence 4. The Detective Mind 5. Heuristics of Interviewing Eyewitnesses 6. Investigating Mindfulness Part III: How We Interview Eyewitnesses 7. Mindful of the Innocent 8. Mindful of Interrogations 9. Empathetic Strategy Part IV: Mindful Interview Method 10. Principles Behind Mindful Interview Method 11. How to perform the Mindful Interview Method Part V: Meta-eyewitness Interviews 12. Eyewitness Interview Paradigm 13. Eyewitness Interview Training 14. Measuring the Noise Part VI: Analyzing Case Studies 15. Case Study#1 16. Case Study #2 17. Case Study #3 18. Case Study #4 19. Case Study #5 Part VII: Expectations 20. Expectations and Future Research Appendix A - Category of Questions and Comments Appendix B - Sample MIM Script Appendix C - Forensic Art Indexing Appendix D - List of All Case Studies Appendix E - Case Study Transcripts and EEIA Summary Reports
Biography
Gil Zamora retired from the San Jose Police Department in 2011 as the police artist. During his time there, he interviewed well over 3,000 eyewitnesses to crimes ranging from indecent exposure to murder. He was certified in the FBI Composite Art technique in 1993 and apprenticed with renowned police artist, Tom Macris, from 1992 - 1995. He developed his own interview methodology, Compositure (1998), based on the cognitive interview technique and focused on the elimination of post event information to stimulate eyewitness memory. His interview technique led him to help solve several hundreds of investigations in the Bay Area and testify as an expert forensic artist in various criminal court cases. Mr. Zamora was a senior instructor (from 2000 - 2014) in the cognitive interview technique and trained investigators throughout the state of California in advance interview techniques certified by P.O.S.T. He provided annual training for SJPD investigators coming into the bureau to inform them about forensic art resources to help in their investigations. Mr. Zamora is a frequent speaker at local universities, victim advocacy groups, and law enforcement agencies.
