Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities

by Aldert Vrij

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,

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 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.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

502 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 19, 2011

Reviews

[A Crawley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vrij is currently one of the top 3 most important and influent leaders in regard to knowledge and research on the field of lie detection. This book sees the overall picture of the state of the art (2008) going through each theory, method and communication channel. The book is not mented for all people. It gets complicated, uses complex reasoning and sometimes the statistics used require hard thinking. Clearly not the book for the beach, but a great one for studying this intricated field. Vrij does an excellent job.

[Elvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked authors approach on not holding things behind an really looking at current lie detection environment objectively and with critique. Very informative and seems to be in line with the latest research. What I found extremely boring was a ton of research and a lot of repetition describing that research. This book can use some better editing.

Non the less, great information.