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Detection of Deception: Research vs. Reality
Aug 09, 2010
Over the years researchers in the academic community have conducted a number of research studies on an investigator's ability to detect deception; more specifically these studies have attempted to determine if the...
Summer Legal Updates 2010
Aug 09, 2010
The Legal Update for Summer 2010 features 32 cases which address such issues as:Court upholds confession in which investigators lied about the strength of their evidence during interrogationCourt limits testimony of Professor...
Research confirms detection of deception substantially better than chance if viewed in context
Jun 14, 2010
In their new research article, "Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy" the authors (J. Pete Blair, Timothy R. Levine and Allison S. Shaw) report on 10 studies that they conducted regarding...
Research confirms Reid Behavior Analysis Interview (BAI) structure
May 12, 2010
In our book, Criminal Interrogation and Confessions, we devote Chapter 8, Formulating Interview Questions, to the topic of the importance of asking open-ended questions in the investigative Interview (BAI). The chapter contains...