Written with honesty and self reflection, in a personable tone, No Comment offers interesting insight into the experience of working as a detective attached to CSU in London, albeit under unusual circumstances. I was interested in why some investigators seemed to relish the opportunity to interview suspects and fought to lead on high-stakes serious crime interviews, while others – despite their length of service and experience – appeared to do whatever they could to avoid the interview room. The interviewee may choose to manipulate, control and intimidate an ill-prepared interviewer without uttering a single word. Long addicted to true-crime stories, she thought that she might become a barrister but couldn’t afford the fees. This was highly relevant to my study, as police interviews are complex tasks that require simultaneous cognitive processes, placing a high demand for cognitive resources on the interviewer.

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The Direct Entry Scheme was a controversial new programme devised to tackle a recruitment crisis in the force. She was not the only Direct Entry to leave, to date only four members of her own class remain in the service, the result, she suggests, of a number of factors.The police have a pretty terrible reputation these days – sexism, violence, racism – and McDonald would go on to have first-hand experience. Practical performance experience in a no-comment or silent interview scenario, as both an interviewer and an interviewee.

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Bandura (1986) postulated that repeated performance accomplishment is a pre-condition to enhanced self-efficacy. An opportunity to conduct a no-comment or silent interview successfully will enhance self-belief, even if this success is experienced in a training scenario. Similarly, a study conducted by Schwabe and others (2007) revealed that low levels of stress can simplify learning patterns at the expense of cognitive flexibility, making it harder to apply knowledge to new situations. The Crown Prosecution Service isn’t really fit for purpose; they’re failing to keep people safe time and again.I think it would be a valuable read for anyone interested in joining the police force, especially those considering the Direct Entry Scheme. It’s a fascinating, surprising, and sometimes harrowing glimpse into the world of modern police investigation, particularly in relation to domestic violence. McDonald, then 31, was a graduate of the Met’s Direct Entry Scheme, a new programme devised to tackle the serious recruitment crisis within the force. And so when she saw an advert for the Met’s new detective scheme, she was intrigued, and swiftly enrolled. He’d go to court and say things like, ‘Oh, but I’m going to miss my sister’s wedding,’ and the judge would let him go.