Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities 2nd Edition
Author(s): Aldert Vrij (Author)
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Publication Date: 11 Jan. 2008
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print length: 508 pages
ISBN-10: 0470516259
ISBN-13: 9780470516256
Book Description
Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can lies be detected?
Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of deception to date. This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of deception research and discusses the working and efficacy of the most commonly used lie detection tools, including:
Behaviour Analysis Interview
Statement Validity Assessment
Reality Monitoring
Scientific Content Analysis
Several different polygraph tests
Voice Stress Analysis
Thermal Imaging
EEG-P300
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
All three aspects of deception are covered: nonverbal cues, speech and written statement analysis and (neuro)physiological responses. The most common errors in lie detection are discussed and practical guidelines are provided to help professionals improve their lie detection skills.
Detecting Lies and Deceit is a must-have resource for students, academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.
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From the Inside Flap
Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can lies be detected?
Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of deception to date. This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of deception research and discusses the working and efficacy of the most commonly used lie detection tools, including:
Behaviour Analysis Interview
Statement Validity Assessment
Reality Monitoring
Scientific Content Analysis
Several different polygraph tests
Voice Stress Analysis
Thermal Imaging
EEG-P300
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
All three aspects of deception are covered: nonverbal cues, speech and written statement analysis and (neuro)physiological responses. The most common errors in lie detection are discussed and practical guidelines are provided to help professionals improve their lie detection skills.
Detecting Lies and Deceit is a must-have resource for students, academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.
Published in the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law Seried Editors: Professor Graham Davies and Professor Ray Bull, University of Leicester, UK
From the Back Cover
Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can lies be detected?
Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of deception to date. This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of deception research and discusses the working and efficacy of the most commonly used lie detection tools, including:
Behaviour Analysis Interview
Statement Validity Assessment
Reality Monitoring
Scientific Content Analysis
Several different polygraph tests
Voice Stress Analysis
Thermal Imaging
EEG-P300
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
All three aspects of deception are covered: nonverbal cues, speech and written statement analysis and (neuro)physiological responses. The most common errors in lie detection are discussed and practical guidelines are provided to help professionals improve their lie detection skills.
Detecting Lies and Deceit is a must-have resource for students, academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.
Published in the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law Seried Editors: Professor Graham Davies and Professor Ray Bull, University of Leicester, UK
About the Author
Aldert Vrij is a Professor of Applied Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth (UK). He has published more than 300 articles and book chapters to date, mainly on the subjects of nonverbal and verbal cues to deception and lie detection. he also advises the police about conducting interviews with suspects, acts as an Expert Witness in court, and gives invited talks and workshops on lie detection to practitioners and scholars across the world. he is at present Editor of Legal and Criminological Psychology, a forensic journal published by the British Psychological Society.
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