TY - CHAP
T1 - Detecting deception
AU - Vrij, Aldert
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Preventing and solving crime are important issues, both to the general public and politicians, and having the ability to detect deceit would help in achieving these aims. Hopes are raised that these aims could be accomplished by: (i) commercial companies promoting and selling lie-detector equipment such as “voice-stress analysers” (VSA); (ii) pilot studies in the United Kingdom (and probably in other countries) where the traditional lie detector, the polygraph, is tested; and (iii) researchers testing and promoting new methodologies such as thermal imaging (Pavlidis, Eberhardt & Levine, 2002). These initiatives receive substantial media attention. The question is, how well informed are the claims that are made in these initiatives?
AB - Preventing and solving crime are important issues, both to the general public and politicians, and having the ability to detect deceit would help in achieving these aims. Hopes are raised that these aims could be accomplished by: (i) commercial companies promoting and selling lie-detector equipment such as “voice-stress analysers” (VSA); (ii) pilot studies in the United Kingdom (and probably in other countries) where the traditional lie detector, the polygraph, is tested; and (iii) researchers testing and promoting new methodologies such as thermal imaging (Pavlidis, Eberhardt & Levine, 2002). These initiatives receive substantial media attention. The question is, how well informed are the claims that are made in these initiatives?
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780470092149
T3 - Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing and law
SP - 89
EP - 102
BT - Practical psychology for forensic investigations and prosecutions
A2 - Kebbell, M.
A2 - Davies, G.
PB - Wiley
CY - Chichester
ER -