Research Associate
Protagoras Forensic Services & Interventions Ltd
Holywell, Wales, United Kingdom
Dr. Frances Surmon-Böhr is a research associate at the University of Liverpool and a consultant psychologist at Protagoras Forensic Services Ltd. Her PhD examined rapport-based interviewing approaches with High Value Suspects. She has worked on numerous research projects funded by U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the U.S. High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) where she was involved in the design, development, analysis, and write-up of research projects applying the ORBIT model in various interviewing/interrogation contexts.
As part of this work, she has observed and coded large numbers of interviews with terrorist suspects, covering a range of ideologies including Al Qaeda, Extreme Right-Wing, and ISIS. She is also actively involved in the development, planning and evaluation of training programmes for a range of law enforcement and intelligence gathering contexts.
Frances is a lead trainer on the U.K. National Counter Terrorism Unit interviewer training programs and has delivered training to
to the U.S. HIG, British Army intelligence units, U.K. Border Force and Humanitarian organisations, in the ORBIT communication framework.
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The ORBIT Helios Program: Remote Learning Options for Rapport-Based Interviewing
Monday, October 16, 2023
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST
