Detecting Deception Via Strategic Disclosure of Evidence

Hartwig, Maria,1981Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology (author)

Deception detection research has largely neglected an important aspect of many investigations, namely that there often exists evidence against a suspect. This study examined the potentials of timing of evidence disclosure as a deception de-tection tool. The main prediction was that observers (N = 116) would obtain higher accuracy rates if the evidence against the suspects (N = 58) was presented in a late rather than early stage of the interrogation. This prediction was based on the idea that late evidence disclosure would trigger lack of consistencies be-tween the liars stories and the evidence, this could be used as a cue to deception. The main prediction received support. Late disclosure observers obtained an overall accuracy of 61.7%, compared to 42.9% of Early disclosure observers. De-ceptive statements were identified with high accuracy (67.6%) in Late disclosure, indicating that the technique in this form is beneficial mainly for pinpointing lies.

Granhag, Pär-Anders,1964Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology(Swepub:gu)xgrapa (author)
Strömwall, Leif,1967Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology(Swepub:gu)xstlei (author)
Vrij, A (author)
Göteborgs universitetPsykologiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Hartwig, Maria, ...; Granhag, Pär-And ...; Strömwall, Leif, ...; Vrij, A

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