Handbook of the Psychology of Interviewing. Armina Memon and Ray Bull (eds). John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN: 0-471-97443-9. Hardcover. 380 pp.
✍ Scribed by Miles Jefferson
- Book ID
- 101350018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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✦ Synopsis
Memon and Bull present a stimulating multi!author col! lection of articles on the psychology of interviewing[ The subject matter is arranged in _ve parts\ which cover mental health interviewing\ special interview tools\ inter! viewing in sensitive situations\ interviewing in organ! isational contexts\ and interviewing for forensic purposes[ The latter is the strongest and most coherent section\ re~ecting both editors| background in this area[ Unfortunately\ the mental health section is weak[ It is only 49 pages in length and consists of just three chapters[ These deal with the teaching of interview skills\ hypnosis and interviewing survivors of the Holocaust[ While these are\ in themselves\ interesting and well writ! ten\ they sit together in bizarre juxtaposition\ and rep! resent only a small sample from the large literature on psychiatric interviewing[