Table of Contents

Contributors vii
Series Preface xi


Introduction xv


Acknowledgements xix


SECTION I: Deception Detection: Established Approaches
1


1 Verbal Lie Detection Tools: Statement Validity Analysis,
Reality Monitoring and Scientific Content Analysis 3

Aldert Vrij


2 New Findings in Non-Verbal Lie Detection 37

Charles F. Bond, Timothy R. Levine, and Maria Hartwig


3 The Polygraph: Current Practice and New Approaches 59

Ewout H. Meijer and Bruno Verschuere


4 Forensic Application of Event-Related Brain Potentials to
Detect Guilty Knowledge 81

William G. Iacono


5 Deception Detection Using Neuroimaging 105

Giorgio Ganis


SECTION II: Current Challenges 123


6 Exploring the Nature and Origin of Beliefs about Deception:
Implicit and Explicit Knowledge among Lay People and Presumed
Experts 125

Maria Hartwig and Pär Anders Granhag


7 Discriminating between True and False Intentions 155

Erik Mac Giolla, Pär Anders Granhag, and Aldert
Vrij


8 Cross-Cultural Deception Detection 175

Paul J. Taylor, Samuel Larner, Stacey M. Conchie, and Sophie van
der Zee


SECTION III: Improving Lie Detection: New Approaches
203


9 A Cognitive Approach to Lie Detection 205

Aldert Vrij


10 The Strategic Use of Evidence Technique: A Conceptual
Overview 231

Pär Anders Granhag and Maria Hartwig


11 Investigating Deception and Deception Detection with Brain
Stimulation Methods 253

Giorgio Ganis


12 Detecting Deception Through Reaction Times 269

Bruno Verschuere, Kristina Suchotzki, and Evelyne Debey


13 Suspects? Verbal Counter-Interrogation Strategies:
Towards an Integrative Model 293

Pär Anders Granhag, Maria Hartwig, Erik Mac Giolla, and
Franziska Clemens


14 Covert Detection of Deception 315

Eitan Elaad


Index 339

About the Author

Par Anders Granhag is Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published over 200scientific reports on topics relating to deception detection and isthe Founding Director of the Research Unit for Criminal, Legal andInvestigative Psychology. Aldert Vrij is Professor of Applied Social Psychology atthe University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of DetectingLies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities (2008). Bruno Verschuere is Associate Professor of ForensicPsychology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is aFounding Member of the European consortium of PsychologicalResearch on Deception Detection, and co-editor of MemoryDetection: Theory and Application of the Concealed InformationTest.

Reviews

"All practitioners, researchers, and consumers could benefit from reading this book.  It is an excellent reference for most all items covered. As alternative technologies develop and improve, it behooves us to stay abreast and open-minded... I highly recommend this book to all examiners interested in improving their knowledge on cognitive approaches to interviewing, ethical interrogative strategies and avoiding false confessions." Mark Handler, American Polygraph Association Magazine, 2015