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- Title
Some aspects of the role of interpreters in investigative interviews.
- Authors
Mayfield, Katrina; Krouglov, Alex
- Abstract
The article presents and examines the results of an empirical research related to the role of interpreters in facilitating communication with non-English speaking victims and witnesses during police investigations and statement taking procedures in England and Wales. The research specifically addresses the issues and challenges encountered by experienced professional interpreters in their interpreting practice when dealing with victims and witnesses. The article also analyses the engagement of interpreters in formal training and the availability of guidance documents for interpreters assisting them in police investigative interviews and statement taking procedures. Research methodology is based on a survey designed specifically in order to obtain and analyse the collected empirical data based on the perception and experiences of police interpreters. A range of inconsistencies, issues and challenges are identified and analysed in this research leading to evidence-based conclusions.
- Subjects
INTERVIEWING; TRANSLATORS; CRIMINAL investigation; NON-English speaking people; TRANSLATING &; interpreting; CRIME victims
- Publication
TLC Journal, 2019, Vol 3, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
2520-2073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29366/2019tlc.3.1.6