Memory Detection
Theory and Application of the Concealed Information Test
Bruno Verschuere editor Gershon Ben-Shakhar editor Ewout Meijer editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:24th Feb '11
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The first book to focus on an exciting new alternative to the controversial 'lie-detector tests': the Concealed Information Test.
The Concealed Information Test is a memory detection method developed to investigate whether examinees recognize secret information – such as a crime suspect recognizing critical crime details that only the culprit could know. This is the first book to focus on this exciting alternative to the controversial 'lie-detector tests'.Traditional techniques for detecting deception, such as the 'lie-detector test' (or polygraph), are based upon the idea that lying is associated with stress. However, it is possible that people telling the truth will experience stress, whereas not all liars will. Because of this, the validity of such methods is questionable. As an alternative, a knowledge-based approach known as the 'Concealed Information Test' has been developed which investigates whether the examinee recognizes secret information - for example a crime suspect recognizing critical crime details that only the culprit could know. The Concealed Information Test has been supported by decades of research, and is used widely in Japan. This is the first book to focus on this exciting approach and will be of interest to law enforcement agencies and academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.
'This set of high-quality contributions by a wide-ranging and distinguished group of experimental psychologists demonstrates that the CIT is indeed 'an idea whose time has come'. Experimental psychologists now have a platform to scientifically investigate various facets of the detection of guilt. It is also potentially relevant to that fascinating psychological process: deception, or what, in animals, is the hiding response.' John J. Furedy, Psychophysiologist and Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
ISBN: 9780521136150
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 15mm
Weight: 550g
338 pages