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Why professionals fail to catch liars and how they can improve

2004; Wiley; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1348/1355325041719356

2044-8333

Aldert Vrij,

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

In the first part of this article, I briefly review research findings that show that professional lie catchers, such as police officers, are generally rather poor at distinguishing between truths and lies. I believe that there are many reasons contributing towards this poor ability, and give an overview of these reasons in the second part of this article. I also believe that professionals could become better lie detectors and explain how in the final part of this article.