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Credibility Assessment

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. John C. Yuille

    1. Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 47)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Recent Laboratory and Field Research on Polygraph Techniques

    • David C. Raskin, John C. Kircher, Steven W. Horowitz, Charles R. Honts
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Psychopath as Prototype for Pathological Lying and Deception

    • Robert D. Hare, Adelle E. Forth, Stephen D. Hart
    Pages 25-49

  4. The Motivational Impairment Effect in the Communication of Deception

    • Bella M. DePaulo, Susan E. Kirkendol
    Pages 51-70

  5. Why Lies Fail and What Behaviors Betray a Lie

    • Paul Ekman
    Pages 71-81

  6. Can Training Enhance the Detection of Deception?

    • Ray Bull
    Pages 83-99

  7. The Development of Statement Reality Analysis

    • Udo Undeutsch
    Pages 101-119

  8. The Present State of Statement Analysis

    • Hermann Wegener
    Pages 121-133

  9. Recent Developments in Statement Analysis

    • Max Steller
    Pages 135-154

  10. Misguided Memories: Sincere Distortions of Reality

    • Elizabeth F. Loftus, Nancy L. Korf, Jonathan W. Schooler
    Pages 155-173

  11. Analysis of the Statements of Victims, Witnesses and Suspects

    • John C. Yuille, Judith Cutshall
    Pages 175-191

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 193-195
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Credibility assessment refers to any attempt to ascertain truthfulness. Other terms which have been used to refer to the assessment of credibility include the detection of deception and lie detection. The term lie detection has become virtually synonymous with the use of the polygraph and can no longer be used to refer to the range of procedures currently employed to assess credibility. Also, both lie detection and the detection of deception have a negative cast which does not fully capture the orientation of current approaches to credibility. Consequently, the term credibility assessment has emerged recently as the preferred label. The goal of credibility assessment is typically the determination of the truth of a statement or be found in set of statements. The need or desire to make such an assessment can every human context from marital relations through clinical examinations to police and court interrogations. Examples of the kinds of statements which require credibility assessment are: 1) A child's assertion that she or he has been sexually abused. 2) The claim by a previously suicidal person that he or she has recovered and will not attempt suicide again. 3) The denial of guilt by a suspect in a criminal investigation. 4 ) The confident statement of a witness that he or she is sure in his or her identification of a thief. 5) The vow of loyalty by a potential employee for a security job. It is necessary to assess the credibility of these and similar statements.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    John C. Yuille

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Credibility Assessment

  • Editors: John C. Yuille

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7856-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0195-0Published: 30 April 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4043-5Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7856-1Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 198

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general

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