IDENTIFYING LIES IN DISGUISE
Law Enforcement Guide to Detecting Deception in Verbal Behavior
by Wendell C. Rudacille
"This book should be read by every police officer in the country."
Deputy Sheriff Devon Stavrowsky, Santa Ana CA Sheriff's Department
"Identifying Lies In Disguise is easily understood and highly applicable to
anyone who conducts interviews.  Mr. Rudacille presents the material in a
manner that makes it immediately useable and simple to understand."
Cpl. Mark D. Handler, Polygraph Examiner
Montgomery County, TX Sheriff's Department
                Some of the topics in
            Identifying Lies In Disguise

  • How to identify specific lie-related phrases used
    consistently by untruthful suspects, victims, and
    witnesses, regardless of age, race, sex, culture and
    language.

  • The Tactics and Techniques of Deception
    commonly used by all untruthful interviewees.

  • The 16 Theme Categories of Evasive Verbal
    Responses, proven by polygraph research to be
    linked to untruthful statements made by suspects,
    victims, and witnesses.

  • How to identify and use suspects' Disguised
    Admissions to obtain more admissions and
    confessions.

  • How to identify suspects' Tacit Admissions,
    document them, and testify about them in court.

  • How to determine a Reasonable Probability of
    Deception or Truth based on interviewees'
    responses to your questions.

  • How to focus interrogations on deceptive suspects
    while eliminating from investigative scrutiny those
    who are truthful.

  • How to apply incisive and effective verbal-based
    questioning tactics to get interviewees to provide
    more accurate and truthful information.

  • How to examine written statements from victims,
    witnesses, and suspects to determine if they are
    providing credible information.

  • FOR PATROL OFFICERS:  How to identify the
    Danger Signals of Deception during traffic stop
    interviews and field interrogations.
           CHAPTER TITLES

1.   Introduction to Identifying Lies In Disguise

2.   Human Language:  How it Began-How it Develops

3.   The Components of "Language"

4.   The Language of Deception

5.   Language Pragmatics and Deception

6.   Memory and Lying About Memory

7.   Evidence of Verbal Evasion as "Disguised Lies"

8.   Sixteen Ways to Lie Without Really Lying

9.   Verbs and Lying

10.  Concepts of Forensic Text Analysis

11.  Grammatical Clues to Lies and Truth

12.  Techniques of Forensic Text Analysis

13.  Analysis of Verbal Behavior During Interviews

14.  The INTEXT System...A Verbal Lie Detector Test"

15. The Danger Signals of Deception During Field
Interrogations

16.  Conclusion to Identifying Lies in Disguise

Appendix I     Detailed Listing of All Evasive Verbal
          Responses by Category

Appendix II    Guidelines & Question Formulations for
            Interviews & Interrogations

Appendix III    Interview Analysis Practical Exercise

Appendix IV   Quick Reference Guide to Forensic
           Text Analysis Criteria

References
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