Early versus late disclosure of evidence: Effects on verbal cues to deception, confessions, and lie catchers' accuracy

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Jordan, Sarah ^a   Hartwig, Maria ^a   Wallace, Brian ^a   Dawson, Evan ^a   Xhihani, Andi ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Confessions; Cues to deception; Disclosure of evidence; Lie detection accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856278348     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.1350     Document Type: Article

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