You are newly hired victim/witness advocate interviewing a male victim of domestic violence. This requires sensitivity, yet you have a job to do: assess the victim’s readiness for and willingness to participate in the court process. Becau
CJ 140 Project Three Guidelines and Rubric
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
- Apply interviewing types and techniques to collect information
Scenario
You are newly hired victim/witness advocate interviewing a male victim of domestic violence. This requires sensitivity, yet you have a job to do: assess the victim’s readiness for and willingness to participate in the court process. Because you are new to your job, your supervisor would like you to describe your strategy for this interview before you go into the field.
Directions
First, read the Project Three Scenario PDF. Then complete each of the following:
Strategy Part 1: Interview Purpose
To begin your interview strategy, in about one paragraph, describe the purpose and context of the interview. Answer the following questions in your description:
- Why are you interviewing this person?
- Why do you need this information?
- What information do you need to provide to this person?
Strategy Part 2: Setting
Next, explain how the setting impacts an interview. In 250–300 words, answer the following:
- What is the impact of the overall setting on the interviewee (the person being interviewed)?
- What is the impact of the overall setting on the interviewer (the person conducting the interview)?
Strategy Part 3: Techniques and Strategies
Next, describe the effectiveness of interview techniques and strategies. In 250–300 words, answer the following:
- Does your interviewee feel “free to leave”? Why or why not?
- What type of body language will you use? Why?
- What tone of voice will you use? Why?
Strategy Part 4: Question Types
Next, predict which question types will be the most helpful to gather necessary information. There are seven question types: reflective, directive, pointed, indirect, self-appraisal, diversion, and leading. Answer the following questions as you consider these question types:
- What information do you need in this interview?
- Which types of questions will help you gain the information you need?
- Are there any question types that will be more useful to gain the information you need than others? Why?
- Are there any question types that will be less useful to gain the information you need than others? Why?
- What are some pitfalls you will want to avoid in creating your questions?
Strategy Part 5: Questions
Finally, to make sure you are fully prepared to conduct this interview, you will need to develop various types of interview questions that will help you gather the information you need.
Note: While preparing questions in advance is a good strategy for any interview situation, you will often have to adjust your questions based on the responses you get from your subject.
Using the information provided in the scenario, complete the following:
- Create 5–10 interview questions.
- Identify which question type you are creating.
(Hint: You may wish to present your question types and questions as follows: Diversion question: “How long have you lived in the area?”)
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Word document, Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Document: Project Three Scenario PDF
This scenario provides background information that will help you complete this project.
Document: Victims Advocate Job Description
This job description provides background information on the role and responsibilities of a victim advocate.
AI Usage
If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow these AI usage guidelines. You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in this Shapiro Library guide.
Project Three Rubric
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations (100%) | Meets Expectations (85%) | Partially Meets Expectations (55%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Communication | Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 12 |
| Interview Purpose | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the purpose and context of an interview | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing why this person is being interviewed, describing why this information needs to be gathered, or describing what information needs to be provided to the interviewee | Does not attempt criterion | 17 |
| Setting | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how the setting impacts an interview | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining the impact of the overall setting on the interviewee or describing the impact of the overall setting on the interviewer | Does not attempt criterion | 17 |
| Techniques and Strategies | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes the effectiveness of interviewing techniques and strategies | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing why the interviewee does or does not feel free to leave, describing the interviewer’s intended body language, or describing the interviewer’s intended tone of voice | Does not attempt criterion | 17 |
| Question Types | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Predicts which question types will be the most helpful to gather necessary information | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include identifying the information needed, identifying the types of questions that will help gain the needed information, identifying the question types that will be more useful, identifying the question types that will be less useful, or identifying pitfalls to avoid in creating questions | Does not attempt criterion | 17 |
| Questions | Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Develops various types of interview questions that will help gather the information needed | Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include varying the question types asked, identifying the question types, or developing questions that will help gather the needed information | Does not attempt criterion | 17 |
| Citations and Attributions | Attributes sources where applicable using citation methods with very few minor errors | Uses citation for ideas requiring attribution | Attributes sources where applicable, but with major errors | Does not attribute sources where applicable | 3 |
| Total: | 100% | ||||
