Rebecca Milne

Prof Rebecca Milne
BSc (Hons). PhD CPsychol CSci FBPsS

Becky Milne is a Professor of Forensic Psychology at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth. The main focus of her work over the past thirty years concerns the examination of police interviewing and investigation. Investigative interviewing is at the heart of any investigation and thus is the root of achieving justice in society. Thus one of the most important tools in an investigator’s tool box is the interview. As a result, jointly with practitioners, she has helped to develop procedures that improve the quality of interviews of witnesses, victims, and suspects of crime. This body of work has seen successful outcomes of the interplay between academic research and practical policing by coming up with solutions to real world problems. As a result she works closely with the police (and other criminal justice organisations), creating novel interview techniques, developing training, running interview courses, and providing case advice. She is also the Director of the Centre of Forensic Interviewing, which is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for investigative interviewing that brings together research, teaching, and innovation activities. Becky is a member of the National Witness Interviewing Working Group and was part of a writing team who developed the 2007 version of the Achieving Best Evidence document, National guidelines for interviewing vulnerable groups and was given the Tom Williamson award for her outstanding achievements in the field of investigative interviewing by ACPO in April 2009.