Open-ended questions such as, “what happened,” are usually asked during the ____________ step of the witness interviewing process at a crime scene

a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth


First /Primary stage of an interview

Police officer obtains information about the incident / crime scene

Police officer should ask a variety of open ended questions such as: "Do you know where to suspect lives"?

Close ended questions elicit only a "yes" or "no" which are used to get specific answers or help the interviewee focus.

Past performance questions help an officer asses how the interviewee handled a similar situation in the past. These questions can uncover additional information about the history of a situation or a behavioral pattern.

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