Quality of written record following mock eyewitness testimony: Note taking should be a minimum standard!

By using a video‐based narrative (unidirectional) eyewitness statement of an alleged victim, participants were asked to imagine they were police officers. We compared the quality of mock police officer written records in a between‐subjects design comprising three conditions: (a) a free recall ( n = 27), (b) a free recall by using recall strategies of the cognitive interview ( n = 27), or (c) note taking while watching the video ( n = 26). The...