RT Article
T1 The provenance of émigrés: the validity of measuring knowledge of places
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 23
IS 6
SP 553
OP 574
A1 Veldhuizen, Tanja S. van
A1 Horselenberg, Robert
A1 Koppen, Peter J. van 1953-
A1 Granhag, Pär Anders 1964-
A1 Landström, Sara
A1 Stel, Mariëlle
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1735995045
AB Establishing the origin of those seeking asylum is essential but difficult as asylum seekers often cannot corroborate their origin claim with documents. The aim of the present study was to assess whether asking knowledge questions, sketch questions and impossible questions are valid methods to determine the veracity of an origin claim. Participants (N = 105) from Tilburg (truth-tellers), Maastricht (partial liars) and Gothenburg (full liars) were asked to convince an interviewer that they originated from Tilburg. Half of them prepared and half of them did not prepare themselves for the interview. They were asked 10 knowledge questions typically asked to assess the credibility of origin claims, 4 impossible questions and 1 sketch question. Participants from Tilburg answered more questions correctly than participants from Maastricht and Gothenburg. Performance also improved with preparation. Even though the results did provide some support for the validity of assessing claims about origin by asking knowledge questions, the differences between the groups were modest, and it was impossible to correctly identify all truth-tellers and liars. Changing the output modality from verbal answering to sketching contributed to the credibility assessment of origin claims, whereas impossible questions were not discriminatory.
K1 Credibility assessment
K1 Asylum procedure
K1 Home town knowledge
K1 Origin claims
K1 Unexpected questions
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1284219