Jeffery Chin

Jeffery is a staff psychologist with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Singapore Police Force (SPF)’s Scam Public Education Office (SPEO). A forensic psychologist by training, he has served as a psychologist with the Ministry of Home Affairs for more than 15 years in various roles such as operations support, research, and training. He is also a trained crisis negotiator and has been supporting the operations of the Singapore Police Force’s Crisis Negotiation Unit as a psychologist since 2007.

Jeffery holds an MSc in Investigative and Forensic Psychology from the University of Liverpool, UK. He is pursuing his PhD on a part-time basis with the University of Portsmouth, UK.

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  • Jeffery's current research interests include investigative interviewing and crisis negotiation.

  • Chin, J., & Khader, M. (2024). Investigative interviews of crime suspects in Singapore. In D. Walsh, R. Bull, & I. Areh (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation (1st ed, pp. 282-293). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003424444


    Chin, J., Milne, R., & Bull, R. (2022). Fuelling an investigative mindset: The importance of pre-interview planning in police interviews with suspects. Psychology, Crime & Law, 30(9), 1016-1040. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2139829