This article provides a brief discussion of the divide between judges and academics in their opinion of the accuracy of legal credibility decisions and the role of demeanor evidence in making those determinations. Biases about witness credibility and context play a large role in determining whether deception will be caught. The article then examines decisions about deception by juries and by law enforcement regarding cooperating witnesses and situations where the defendant or a suspect is the witness. In conclusion, this article reflects on decisions about deception within the context of social science
During the last twenty years, we have assisted to a growing interest in the detection of verbal cues...
In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the ...
7 pagesMost deception scholars agree that deception production and deception detection effects ofte...
Correctly determining witness credibility is integral to a fair trial. Assessments of credibility ma...
The authors report a meta-analysis of individual differences in detecting deception, confining atten...
I. Introduction II. Overview of the Problem ... A. Social Science and the Law ... B. Perceived and A...
Absent a perceived motive for deception, people will infer that a message source is honest. As a con...
Lie detection is an important topic to study because it gives researchers, police officers, and peop...
Two studies investigated the impact of witness demeanour on the extent to which mock jurors were inf...
Previous research has found that people are little better than chance at accurately judging if someo...
This thesis established the importance of understanding deception in courtrooms, demonstrating that ...
Decades of deception detection research have revealed that people are poor lie detectors in general,...
Two studies investigated the impact of witness demeanour on the extent to which mock jurors were inf...
The current study was designed to assess the presence of deception indicators in truthful and decept...
In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the ...
During the last twenty years, we have assisted to a growing interest in the detection of verbal cues...
In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the ...
7 pagesMost deception scholars agree that deception production and deception detection effects ofte...
Correctly determining witness credibility is integral to a fair trial. Assessments of credibility ma...
The authors report a meta-analysis of individual differences in detecting deception, confining atten...
I. Introduction II. Overview of the Problem ... A. Social Science and the Law ... B. Perceived and A...
Absent a perceived motive for deception, people will infer that a message source is honest. As a con...
Lie detection is an important topic to study because it gives researchers, police officers, and peop...
Two studies investigated the impact of witness demeanour on the extent to which mock jurors were inf...
Previous research has found that people are little better than chance at accurately judging if someo...
This thesis established the importance of understanding deception in courtrooms, demonstrating that ...
Decades of deception detection research have revealed that people are poor lie detectors in general,...
Two studies investigated the impact of witness demeanour on the extent to which mock jurors were inf...
The current study was designed to assess the presence of deception indicators in truthful and decept...
In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the ...
During the last twenty years, we have assisted to a growing interest in the detection of verbal cues...
In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the ...
7 pagesMost deception scholars agree that deception production and deception detection effects ofte...