Recent DNA exonerations have shed light on the problem that people sometimes confess to
crimes they did not commit. Drawing on police practices, laws concerning the admissibility of …

The question of whether discernible differences exist between liars and truth tellers has
interested professional lie detectors and laypersons for centuries. In this article we discuss …

As illustrated by the mistaken, high-profile fingerprint identification of Brandon Mayfield in
the Madrid Bomber case, and consistent with a recent critique by the National Academy of …

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 …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

Objectives We completed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available empirical
literature assessing the influence of accusatorial and information-gathering methods of …

50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students
and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Uses common myths as a …

Interrogation and confession-taking is of interest to a wide audience. To political scientists
and sociologists, police interrogation offers a paradigm case of the constitutional exercise …

By questionnaire, 631 police investigators reported on their interrogation beliefs and
practices—the first such survey ever conducted. Overall, participants estimated that they …

In two experiments, we tested the hypotheses that (a) the difference between liars and truth
tellers will be greater when interviewees report their stories in reverse order than in …