Deceptive language by innocent and guilty criminal suspects: The influence of dominance, question, and guilt on interview responses

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-375

  Jensen, Matthew L ^a   Bessarabova, Elena ^a   Adame, Bradley ^a   Burgoon, Judee K ^b   Slowik, Stanley M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Stanley M Slowik Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal interview; deception; dominance; linguistic analysis; Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count; question

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555189237     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X11416201     Document Type: Article

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