tailieunhanh - Everything Private to Business Organization and Basic Investigative Skill_5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'everything private to business organization and basic investigative skill_5', khoa học xã hội, kinh tế chính trị phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Producing a Professional Report 153 WRITTEN STATEMENTS When the inquiry is a complicated matter or the information source has valuable and extensive information critical to substantiating your conclusions a written statement may be advantageous. Obtaining a written statement with the questions and answers documents the information provided by the source and is helpful in preventing contradictory information from the source at a later date. A written statement based on questions originated by the investigator is the superior method for ensuring a comprehensive and useable statement. In this method the investigator asks questions of the source and reduces the answer to a written format. All information necessary to substantiate your conclusions can be obtained through proper questioning. Asking an individual to write out a statement leads to many difficulties primary of which is the quality of the individual s handwriting. Statements that cannot be read are of little value. Additionally the average witness does not know what information is relevant and needs to be included in the statement. This is the individual s statement and not that of the investigator. Extreme care must be undertaken to ensure that the investigator does not influence the information provided by the source. The witnesses terminology should be used even if an additional question must be asked to obtain an understanding of the terminology. To the extent possible slang should be avoided. When the information source is asked to initial or sign the bottom of each page of a statement it impresses upon the source that this is his or her information and identifies a given set of facts. If the source provides conflicting information at a later time the written statement can be used to impeach the source at trial. FORMATTING THE REPORT The value of your report is directly related to the report s ability to persuade the reader to whom it is directed. It is more likely to persuade the reader if it is easy .