Nonverbal dominance versus verbal accuracy in lie detection: A plea to change police practice

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1323-1336

  Vrij, Aldert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deception; Lie detection; Nonverbal behavior; Police interrogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049096810     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808321530     Document Type: Article

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