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Psychopathy and Nonverbal Indicators of Deception in Offenders

Psychopathy and Nonverbal Indicators of Deception in Offenders The current study examined psychopathy and nonverbal indicators of deception in an incarcerated sample. Nonverbal behaviors were coded from videotapes of 45 male offenders telling true and fabricated stories about crimes. Interpersonal features of psychopathy were associated with inflated views of lying ability, verbosity, and increases in blinking, illustrator use, and speech hesitations. While lying, the more psychopathic offenders spoke faster and demonstrated increases in blinking and head movements. Indicators of deception in offenders were somewhat different from those typically observed in non-offender populations. These findings indicate that personality factors may have an impact on nonverbal indicators of deception in criminal justice settings where the detection of deception is of utmost concern. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

Psychopathy and Nonverbal Indicators of Deception in Offenders

Law and Human Behavior , Volume 31 (4): 15 – Aug 21, 2007

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1007/s10979-006-9063-7
pmid
17058120
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Abstract

The current study examined psychopathy and nonverbal indicators of deception in an incarcerated sample. Nonverbal behaviors were coded from videotapes of 45 male offenders telling true and fabricated stories about crimes. Interpersonal features of psychopathy were associated with inflated views of lying ability, verbosity, and increases in blinking, illustrator use, and speech hesitations. While lying, the more psychopathic offenders spoke faster and demonstrated increases in blinking and head movements. Indicators of deception in offenders were somewhat different from those typically observed in non-offender populations. These findings indicate that personality factors may have an impact on nonverbal indicators of deception in criminal justice settings where the detection of deception is of utmost concern.

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Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Aug 21, 2007

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