Detecting Deception

"All practitioners, researchers, and consumers could benefit from reading this book. It is an excellent reference for most all items covered. As alternative technologies develop and improve, it behooves us to stay abreast and open-minded... I highly recommend this book to all examiners interested in improving their knowledge on cognitive approaches to interviewing, ethical interrogative strategies and avoiding false confessions." Mark Handler, American Polygraph Association Magazine, 2015

Par Anders Granhag is Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published over 200 scientific reports on topics relating to deception detection and is the Founding Director of the Research Unit for Criminal, Legal and Investigative Psychology. Aldert Vrij is Professor of Applied Social Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities (2008). Bruno Verschuere is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is a Founding Member of the European consortium of Psychological Research on Deception Detection, and co-editor of Memory Detection: Theory and Application of the Concealed Information Test.

Contributors vii Series Preface xi Introduction xv Acknowledgements xix SECTION I: Deception Detection: Established Approaches 1 1 Verbal Lie Detection Tools: Statement Validity Analysis, Reality Monitoring and Scientific Content Analysis 3 Aldert Vrij 2 New Findings in Non-Verbal Lie Detection 37 Charles F. Bond, Timothy R. Levine, and Maria Hartwig 3 The Polygraph: Current Practice and New Approaches 59 Ewout H. Meijer and Bruno Verschuere 4 Forensic Application of Event-Related Brain Potentials to Detect Guilty Knowledge 81 William G. Iacono 5 Deception Detection Using Neuroimaging 105 Giorgio Ganis SECTION II: Current Challenges 123 6 Exploring the Nature and Origin of Beliefs about Deception: Implicit and Explicit Knowledge among Lay People and Presumed Experts 125 Maria Hartwig and Par Anders Granhag 7 Discriminating between True and False Intentions 155 Erik Mac Giolla, Par Anders Granhag, and Aldert Vrij 8 Cross-Cultural Deception Detection 175 Paul J. Taylor, Samuel Larner, Stacey M. Conchie, and Sophie van der Zee SECTION III: Improving Lie Detection: New Approaches 203 9 A Cognitive Approach to Lie Detection 205 Aldert Vrij 10 The Strategic Use of Evidence Technique: A Conceptual Overview 231 Par Anders Granhag and Maria Hartwig 11 Investigating Deception and Deception Detection with Brain Stimulation Methods 253 Giorgio Ganis 12 Detecting Deception Through Reaction Times 269 Bruno Verschuere, Kristina Suchotzki, and Evelyne Debey 13 Suspects Verbal Counter-Interrogation Strategies: Towards an Integrative Model 293 Par Anders Granhag, Maria Hartwig, Erik Mac Giolla, and Franziska Clemens 14 Covert Detection of Deception 315 Eitan Elaad Index 339