Differences in Word Usage by Truth Tellers and Liars in Written Statements and an Investigative Interview After a Mock Crime

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 199-216

  Matsumoto, David ^a   Hwang, Hyisung C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; LIWC; Lying; Veracity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930274388     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.1423     Document Type: Article

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