Detecting Deception: The Body Tells A Story, But The Chances of Reading It Accurately Are Problematic?

Detecting Deception: The Body Tells A Story, But The Chances of Reading It Accurately Are Problematic?  – Interviewers have been taught for years to rely on non-verbal behaviors to assist in detecting deception when interviewing witnesses and suspects, but what happens if your interpretations of these signals are flawed?  In this interactive block of instruction, you will test your ability to detect deception, discuss the latest scientific research concerning the reliability of detecting deception through someone’s non-verbal behaviors, and learn how to apply certain social psychological behaviors that could improve your chances of detecting deception in interviews.  (2 hrs)

Learning Objectives:  After this block of instruction, the participants will be able to:

• Define baseline behavior.
• Develop methods to improve focus.
• Evaluate methods to increase an investigator’s attention span.
• Define emotional leakage.
• Determine best practices to detect deception in the interview process.
• Implement the rule of reciprocity in interview sessions.
• Create methods to leverage the consistency principle in interviews.