Evocavi Science-Based Interview Training with an Operational Purpose

About the Survey:
We are seeking professionals who are over the age of 18 and who have experience in conducting forensic interviews with children or adolescents. Your insights will help us better understand current practices, decision-making processes, and perspectives in this area.

If you are interested in participating, and helping us to advance the research and training in evidence disclosure practices with children and adolescents, please use the link below to access the survey:
Survey link: https://asu.questionpro.com/t/AcorYZ8whC

If you are interested in being more involved with our line of research or training opportunities on evidence disclosure practices with children and adolescents, please provide your contact information via the following link. This information is not connected to your anonymous survey responses and is stored separately.

Research and Training Opportunities: https://forms.gle/1SmHMwTmKQJGU16G7

EVOCAVI’S RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE COLLABORATION WITH THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ‘S CHILDREN IN THE LAW LABORATORY
About the Collaboration: All of us at EVOCAVI are excited to announce our next Research-to Practice collaboration with the Arizona State University’s Children in the Law Laboratory. Through this collaboration, we will be conducting the first survey of how professional child forensic interviewers approach the disclosure of evidence to children and adolescents, including when evidence is used, why it is used or withheld, and the perceived impact. Over the last three months, our research team has been conducting one-on-one interviews with child forensic interview experts throughout the U.S. who were willing to share their insights related to disclosing evidence with children. These interviews were invaluable towards informing us about what is currently being trained, common misunderstandings, and gaps within the research. Meet our research team below.

HELP US EXPLORE CURRENT EVIDENCE DISCLOSURE PRACTICES IN CHILD FORENSIC INTERVIEWS

EVOCAVI Trains Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) Profilers in Corroboration-Based Interviewing (CBI)

Since 2023, EVOCAVI’s international training team has trained criminal and workplace investigators in the United Kingdom, Indonesia, India, and, most recently, South Korea. Last week, EVOCAVI provided a course on Corroboration-Based Interviewing (CBI) to criminal profilers from the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) at the amazing Korean Police Investigation Training Academy.

For four days, the KNPA profilers participated in lectures, instructor-led demonstrations, scenarios, and peer-to-peer evaluations. We were humbled by their interest in learning new tactics and by the noticeable improvement in their interview skills. We are looking forward to continuing their training with our advanced curriculum over the next few weeks.

I would like to acknowledge the efforts by Minhwan Jang Ph.D., assistant professor, Daegu University, and Donggyu Hong, Crime Analyst (Senior Sergent), Forensic Investigation Division, Korean National Police Agency, for their tireless work and persistence to introduce EVOCAVI’s Corroboration-Based Interviewing curriculum as the new standard for the KNPA. Also, this course could not have been made possible without the assistance of three amazing KNPA interpreters, Jinbag Kim, Yihyun Joo, and Yedan Han. They played an invaluable role in making this course such a success.

Finally, I would like to recognize the efforts of EVOCAVI science-advisor, Simon Oleszkiewicz Ph.D., for assisting in our international training courses, participating in the month’s long pre-training prep work, and developing the post-training evaluation survey for the KNPA.

EVOCAVI’s interview training courses are custom designed per client, and we appreciate all the assistance the KNPA staff have provided to ensure our course there was culturally appropriate and consistent with the high values and standards they have set for their investigators. We look forward to our continued collaborations with these KNPA profilers and the rest of their staff!

Matthew Jones
President
EVOCAVI
[email protected]

Registration is now open for EVOCAVI's 2-Day Proximity-Based Evidence Disclosure (PED) Training for Investigators, to be held online in 2026. Select this link to learn more and register for this training: https://evocavi.org/upcoming-trainings -based-evidence-disclosure-training-registration

Registration has now opened for EVOCAVI's 2-Day Cognitive Interview (CI) Training for Investigators, to be held online in 2026. Select this link to learn more and register for this training: https://evocavi.org/upcoming-trainings -interview-training-registration

Registration is now open for EVOCAVI's 5-Day Corroboration-Based Interviewing Training for Investigators, to be held online in 2026. Select this link to learn more and register: https://evocavi.org/upcoming-trainings -based-interviewing-training-registration

EVOCAVI has now opened registration for our science-based interview online course options for criminal investigators in 2026. We will be offering a comprehensive 5-Day Corroboration-Based Interview Course, a 2-Day Cognitive Interview Course, and a 2-Day Proximity-Based Evidence Disclosure Course. Select this link to learn more and register for these courses, https://evocavi.org/upcoming-trainings -trainings-overview

EVOCAVI Educational Video Series: What is Science-Based Interviewing?

How can investigators and law enforcement agencies assess whether an interview training is science-based or not? In this talk, our science advisor, Simon Oleszkiewicz, PhD, introduces key for evaluating the science behind training programs — helping professionals ensure they’re not misled by clever marketing, but guided by solid evidence when assessing whether the training they are receiving is . Select this link, https://www.evocavi.org/research-affiliations, to view the video located on EVOCAVI's website Research page.

The updates to the EVOCAVI Science-Based Interview Training website are now complete! Please take a moment to learn more about our company, our instructor-science advisor teams, and the innovative courses we offer for investigators. Soon, we will be announcing the content of our advanced course lineup and educational seminars for 2026. If you have any additional questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with us through our "contact" form on the website. We look forward to collaborating with you.

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