The Detection of Deception in Forensic Contexts

Cutting edge account of the field of deception detection ideal for academics, students and professionals.

Pär Anders Granhag (Edited by), Leif A. Strömwall (Edited by)

9780521833752, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 December 2004

360 pages, 35 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.7 kg

'… outstanding book … an excellent and updated review on the topic… of great value. It is an indispensible reference for all those students and academics approaching the detection of deception area, an excellent update for active researchers, and a useful tool for practicioners.' Law and Human Behaviour

One of the most fascinating sub-divisions within the rapidly growing field of psychology and law is the area of deception detection. Traditionally this area has been characterised by a number of approaches which have analysed different aspects of deception such as verbal content, non-verbal behaviour, and polygraph testing. The last few years' intensive research has resulted in an impressive corpus of new knowledge about issues such as cross-cultural deception, the detection of simulated amnesia and false confessions, lie-catching expertise and how best to train professionals in detecting deception. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of current research and practice, written by an international team of experts and will be a valuable resource for academics, students, practitioners and all professionals within the legal domain who need to tackle questions of credibility and reliability.

Part I. Introduction
1. Research on deception detection: past and present P. A. Granhag and L. A. Strömwall
Part II. Lie-Detection Techniques: 2. Discerning lies from truths: behavioural cues to deception and the indirect pathways of intuition B. M. DePaulo and W. L. Morris
3. Statement validity analysis and the detection of the truth G. Köhnken
4. Reality monitoring and detection of deception S. L. Sporer
5. The psychophysiological detection of deception C. R. Honts
Part III. Special Problems Facing a Lie-Catcher: 6. Lies travel: mendacity in a mobile world C. F. Bond and S. R. Rao
7. Coping with suggestion and deception in children's accounts G. Davies
8. The detection of false confessions S. Kassin
9. Crime-related amnesia as a form of deception S. Å. Christianson and H. Merckelbach
Part IV. Enhancing Lie-Detection Accuracy: 10. Practitioners' beliefs about deception L. A. Strömwall, P. A. Granhag and M. Hartwig
11. Training to detect deception from behavioural cues: attempts and problems R. Bull
12. The wizards of deception detection M. O'Sullivan and P. Ekman
13. Guidelines to catch a liar A Vrij
Part V. Conclusions: 14. Research on deception detection: future challenges P. A. Granhag and L. A. Strömwall.

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM], Crime & criminology [JKV]