Detecting Deception offers a state-of-the-art guide to the detection of deception with a focus on the ways in which new cognitive psychology-based approaches can improve practice and results in the field. Includes comprehensive coverage of the latest scientific developments in the detection of deception and their implications for real-world practice Examines current challenges in the field - such as counter-interrogation strategies, lying networks, cross-cultural deception, and discriminating between true and false intentions Reveals a host of new approaches based on cognitive psychology with the potential to improve practice and results, including the strategic use of evidence, imposing cognitive load, response times, and covert lie detection Features contributions from internationally renowned experts

Author Biography

Par Anders Granhag is Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published over 200scientific reports on topics relating to deception detection and isthe Founding Director of the Research Unit for Criminal, Legal andInvestigative Psychology. Aldert Vrij is Professor of Applied Social Psychology atthe University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of DetectingLies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities (2008). Bruno Verschuere is Associate Professor of ForensicPsychology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is aFounding Member of the European consortium of PsychologicalResearch on Deception Detection, and co-editor of MemoryDetection: Theory and Application of the Concealed InformationTest.