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Tables of Contents for Detecting Lies and Deceit
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
About the Author
ix
Series Preface
xi
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgements
xvii
The social psychology of lying and detecting deceit
1
20
Poor lie detectors
2
3
A definition of deception
5
2
Why do people lie?
7
3
Different types of lie
10
1
Individual differences in telling lies
11
10
PART I NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOUR AND DECEPTION
Non-verbal behaviour during deception
21
36
The importance of non-verbal behaviour in credibility assessments
21
3
Processes which liars may experience during deception
24
7
The behaviour of a liar
31
10
Factors that influence the behaviour of a liar
41
13
Conclusion
54
3
Perception of non-verbal behaviour during deception
57
46
How do people think liars behave?
57
7
Do liars behave as observers expect them to behave?
64
1
Why are there differences between objective and subjective indicators of deception?
65
2
The ability of people to detect lies
67
3
Factors that influence the ability to detect deceit
70
21
Why are people so unskilled in detecting lies?
91
2
Training people to detect deceit
93
4
Recommendations
97
6
PART II VERBAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DECEPTION
Initial research concerning verbal characteristics
103
10
Emotions
104
1
Content complexity
105
1
Attempted control
105
1
Review of objective and subjective verbal criteria for deception
106
3
Conclusion
109
4
Statement Validity Assessment
113
44
The history of Statement Validity Assessment
113
2
Statement Validity Assessment (SVA)
115
11
What do truth-tellers say?
126
9
Detecting truths with CBCA
135
4
An assessment of the Validity Check-list
139
2
Problems in using SVA
141
4
What do people think truth-tellers say?
145
3
Evaluation
148
5
Further research into SVA
153
4
Reality Monitoring
157
12
Insight into people's memory
157
2
Reality Monitoring and deception
159
2
Reality Monitoring as a lie detection instrument
161
1
Limitations in using Reality Monitoring
162
1
Conclusion
163
6
PART III PROFESSIONAL DETECTION OF DECEPTION
The polygraph
169
40
What is a polygraph?
169
4
Relevant/irrelevant technique
173
2
The polygraph: how does it work?
175
17
The polygraph: does it work?
192
10
Countermeasures
202
2
Personality and the polygraph
204
1
Conclusion
205
4
Guidelines and implications for detecting lies in professional practice
209
18
Who are good liars?
210
3
Three ways of detecting lies
213
3
A comparison of the three ways to detect deceit
216
6
Guidelines for catching a liar
222
3
Final comment
225
2
References
227
24
Index
251