General information

Course type AMUPIE
Module title Interrogation in Polish criminal procedure – the methods of questioning and deception detection
Language English
Module lecturer dr Jagoda Dzida
Lecturer's email jd69197@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position Assistant Professor
Faculty Faculty of Law and Administration
Semester 2023/2024 (winter)
Duration 30
ECTS 6
USOS code -

Timetable

The course starts on October 10th 2023. The classes will take place in Collegium Iuridicum Novum, room 4.5, from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. (once a week, on Tuesdays).

Module aim (aims)

General:

 Specific:

  1. Memorising of information:

Having completed the course, the student is able to:

2. Understanding of information:

Having completed the course, the student is able to:

3.Using information in typical situation:

Having completed the course, the student is able to:

4. Using information in problematic situation:

Having completed the course, the student is able to:

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

None

Syllabus

Week 1: Interrogation in Polish criminal procedure – legal framework: part 1.                  

Week 2:            Interrogation in Polish criminal procedure – legal framework: part 2.

Week 3:            Interrogation in Polish criminal procedure – methods and techniques.

Week 4:            How does the witness perceive the reality? – part 1 (introduction).

Week 5:            How does the witness perceive the reality? – part 2 (theory and practice).

Week 6:            The influence of the interrogation on the witness and his statement.

Week 7:            Credibility of statements – methods of assessment; theory and practice: part 1 (introduction).

Week 8:            Credibility of statements – methods of assessment; theory and practice: part 2 (SVA – Statement Validity Assessment).

Week 9:            Credibility of statements – methods of assessment; theory and practice: part 3 (RM -Reality Monitoring).

Week 10: Credibility of statements – methods of assessment; theory and practice: part 4 (MASAM – Multivariable Adults' Statements Assessment Method).

Week 11: The truth about lie and how to detect deception (Paul Ekman’s method): part 1.

Week 12: The truth about lie and how to detect deception (Paul Ekman’s method): part 2.

Week 13: Simulation of the interrogation: part 1.

Week 14: Simulation of the interrogation: part 2.

Week 15: Simulation of the interrogation: part 3.

Reading list

  1. Books and articles in English:

 2. Books and articles in Polish: