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6-2 Module Six Assignment

Overview

In Module Five, you learned about interviewing purposes, context, techniques, and strategies. In your Module Six Practice Activity, you looked at different types of interview questions and how they are written with the goal of getting specific information. In this assignment, you will draft your own interview questions for a specific purpose. This will help you complete your interview strategy for Project Three, due in Module Eight, where you will apply what you have learned in order to develop interview questions to get specific information from an interviewee.

Prompt

In this assignment, you will identify the overall purpose of the interview and then draft at least three questions that will help you achieve your purpose or desired goal.

First, review the

Project Three Guidelines and Rubric

and

Project Three Scenario PDF

to identify what will be required in your interview strategy.

Next, using the provided

template Word Document

, describe the purpose of the interview. Draft 3–5 interview questions that use at least 3 different question types. For each question you create, identify the type of question. Then, in 25–50 words, explain how that question will help you achieve your goal.

Finally, at the bottom of the template, in 50–100 words, explain how using a variety of question types may improve your interview strategy.

Specifically, the following rubric criteria must be addressed in the Module Six Assignment template:

Identify the purpose of the interview.
Question 1
Determine the type of question you will use.
Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.
Question 2
Determine the type of question you will use.
Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.
Question 3
Determine the type of question you will use.
Develop a question that aligns with the identified question type.
Explain the relevance of the question to the purpose or goal of the interview.

Explain how using a variety of question types may improve your interview strategy.

Guidelines for Submission

This assignment must be completed using the Module Six assignment template. Any references must be cited in APA format.

Shapiro Library APA Style Guide

CJ 140 Project Three Scenario
Victim Witness Advocate

You are a victim witness advocate assigned to the district attorney’s office at the local court. As part of
your responsibilities, you meet with witnesses and victims before criminal hearings and trials. Part of
your job is to explain the criminal proceedings and prepare the witness/victim for what he or she may
expect to see and hear during the proceedings. You are preparing to meet with and interview a victim at
the courthouse in the days before trial. Your meeting will take place in a meeting room inside the
courthouse. The meeting rooms are small. Usually, the only furniture in these meeting rooms is a
rectangular table with four hard, wooden chairs. All of these meeting rooms also have a small, tilt-in
window with bars on the wall opposite the door; a picture of the current president of the United States
and a picture of your state’s supreme court justices on one side of the room; and a copy of the U.S.
Constitution on the wall opposite these pictures.

Victim: John Smith
Suspect: Jane Smith

Alleged Facts
A male victim and female suspect have been married for over twenty years. The female arrived home,
intoxicated, at approximately 1:00 a.m. She entered the marital bedroom and violently attacked the
victim. The victim was beaten with closed fists, and his face was stomped and kicked with bare feet. The
victim’s screams alerted a neighbor, who dialed 911. Police arrived, conducted their investigation, and
arrested Jane Smith. They charged her with domestic assault and battery as well as domestic assault and
battery with serious bodily injury.

The victim was transported to the hospital, where it was determined he sustained bruising on his torso,
a broken rib, a broken nose, and dental injury (a broken tooth). He applied for and was granted a
domestic violence protection order. The victim provided and signed a written statement.

Jane Smith was arraigned and ordered held in custody pending criminal proceedings due to the risk of
danger to the victim.

Family History
Police have responded to the victim’s residence frequently for disturbances between the couple. None
of the previous responses resulted in criminal charges. However, after reviewing those police reports,
you note that the husband is identified as the victim and the wife is identified as the aggressor. It is clear
based on your case assessment that the husband experiences regular verbal and emotional abuse from
his wife. There are no children in the home.

Prior to your meeting, you are told the victim “has cold feet” and may no longer want to testify against
his wife.

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>CJ 140 Module Six Assignment Template

To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with the relevant information. An example has been provided.

Interview Purpose

[In 25–50 words, describe the purpose of the interview.]

Questions

Additional spaces are provided in the table for question development. You are not required to create more than three questions, but you may wish to develop additional questions now to receive instructor feedback you can apply to future question development.

Item

Question Type

Develop Question

Relevance of Question to Interview Purpose

Example

Diversion

How long have you lived in the area?

This question type can help the person being interviewed feel more relaxed. Because it seems like a question that is not related to the problem at hand, they may feel less guarded. It can also serve to provide needed background for the interview subject.

Question Type 1 (Required)

[Insert the question type.]

[Insert the question.]