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Analysis of the statement reveals the following:
Line 1 -- The author started his statement by mentioning Detective Browne. Why? The author was asked to explain what happened and the author began by introducing Detective Browne immediately. Normally I would not expect to see an investigator introduced into a statement of which he or she was not an active part. This is considered an order of appearance issue. From my experience, people will typically introduce actors according to their importance or relevance. So why is Detective Browne so important to the author? Is Detective Browne important because the author must convince him of his story?
Lines 3 through 9 — The author provides information that does not answer the question. He spends the majority of his statement providing irrelevant information about why he decided to go for a drive and the driving conditions he encountered. When this information is found before an event it is referred to as statement front-loading and is indicative of the possibility that someone is preparing to deliver a fictitious event.
Line 8 — The author uses the intensifying adverb really to convince the reader he could not see well. This is interesting because it provides the author with an opportunity to avoid visual details.
Line 9 — The author uses the term next to describe his transition from driving his car to the robbery. This term can be classified as a text bridge and in this case is used to bridge over activity that occurred just before the robbery.
Lines 6 and 10 — The author uses the word kinda to describe his reference of time and the word something to describe the weapon that was used. These words are considered equivocations and allow the author to avoid the risk of commitment. They also provide the author with linguistic leverage, giving him the option to conveniently change his statement without arousing suspicion.
Line 10 — The author used the word asked. This is not a term I would expect from a robbery victim. It implies the author had an option. From my experience investigating robberies, robbery victims are not given an option. I would have expected to see stronger verbs such as told, demanded, or made. With such a soft verb being used, I would explore the possibility of the victim knowing the robber.
Lines 10 and 11 -- A statement is divided into three sections: pre-event, the event (in this case, a robbery), and post-event. In this statement, the author articulates the entire robbery event in two lines — or 14 percent of the statement. The robbery event is the most important part of a statement and should account for 33 percent to 100 percent of the the entire statement. The author compressed or minimized the event. Compressing the robbery event or minimizing it could be an indicator the author fictionalized the event or reported it differently than it occurred.
Line 11 — The author uses the present tense word drive to describe what he did after the event. I would expect the author to use the past tense word drove to indicate commitment to a past event. By using the present tense drive the author may be engaging in active composition — creating the event at the moment he wrote it for Detective Browne.
Line 12 — The author states he felt like “…turning him in.” The use of this phrase indicates lack of anonymity in regards to the robber because people typically turn in people they can identify. The author may have known the robber.
Lines 3 through 9 — The author provides information that does not answer the question. He spends the majority of his statement providing irrelevant information about why he decided to go for a drive and the driving conditions he encountered. When this information is found before an event it is referred to as statement front-loading and is indicative of the possibility that someone is preparing to deliver a fictitious event.
Line 8 — The author uses the intensifying adverb really to convince the reader he could not see well. This is interesting because it provides the author with an opportunity to avoid visual details.
Line 9 — The author uses the term next to describe his transition from driving his car to the robbery. This term can be classified as a text bridge and in this case is used to bridge over activity that occurred just before the robbery.
Lines 6 and 10 — The author uses the word kinda to describe his reference of time and the word something to describe the weapon that was used. These words are considered equivocations and allow the author to avoid the risk of commitment. They also provide the author with linguistic leverage, giving him the option to conveniently change his statement without arousing suspicion.
Line 10 — The author used the word asked. This is not a term I would expect from a robbery victim. It implies the author had an option. From my experience investigating robberies, robbery victims are not given an option. I would have expected to see stronger verbs such as told, demanded, or made. With such a soft verb being used, I would explore the possibility of the victim knowing the robber.
Lines 10 and 11 -- A statement is divided into three sections: pre-event, the event (in this case, a robbery), and post-event. In this statement, the author articulates the entire robbery event in two lines — or 14 percent of the statement. The robbery event is the most important part of a statement and should account for 33 percent to 100 percent of the the entire statement. The author compressed or minimized the event. Compressing the robbery event or minimizing it could be an indicator the author fictionalized the event or reported it differently than it occurred.
Line 11 — The author uses the present tense word drive to describe what he did after the event. I would expect the author to use the past tense word drove to indicate commitment to a past event. By using the present tense drive the author may be engaging in active composition — creating the event at the moment he wrote it for Detective Browne.
Line 12 — The author states he felt like “…turning him in.” The use of this phrase indicates lack of anonymity in regards to the robber because people typically turn in people they can identify. The author may have known the robber.