The detection of deception with the reality monitoring approach: A review of the empirical evidence

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-122

  Masip, Jaume ^a   Sporer, Siegfried L ^b   Garrido, Eugenio ^a   Herrero, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Child) Sexual Abuse; Content Cues; Credibility Assessment; Criteria based Content Analysis (CBCA); Detection of Deception; Lie Detection; Reality Monitoring (RM); Statement Validity Analysis (SVA); Verbal Cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344299469     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160410001726356     Document Type: Article

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