To act truthfully: Nonverbal behaviour and strategies during a police interrogation

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Strömwall, Leif A ^a   Hartwig, Maria ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cues to deception; Nonverbal behaviour; Police interrogations; Truth teller's and liar's strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745754907     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160512331331328     Document Type: Article

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