"Intuitive" lie detection of children's deception by law enforcement officials and university students

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 661-685

  Leach, Amy May ^a   Talwar, Victoria ^b   Lee, Kang ^c   Bala, Nicholas ^a   Lindsay, R C L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Lie detection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; INTUITION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JUDGMENT; MALE; POLICE; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 15744390527     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-004-0793-0     Document Type: Article

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